Characterization of a methane-oxidizing biofilm using microarray, and confocal microscopy with image and geostatic analyses

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1051-1059

  Kim, Tae Gwan ^a   Yi, Taewoo ^a   Lee, Eun Hee ^a   Ryu, Hee Wook ^b   Cho, Kyung Suk ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Soongsil University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Geostatistics; Image analysis; Methanotrophic biofilm; Methanotrophs

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAUSSIANS; GEO-STATISTICS; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; METHANOTROPHS; POPULATION LEVELS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL LOCATION; THRESHOLD VOLUME; TYPE II;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METHANE;

BIOFILMS;

METHANE;

ARRAY; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GEOSTATISTICS; GROWTH RATE; HYBRIDIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEARITY; MICROSCOPY; PROKARYOTE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KERNEL METHOD; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHANE OXIDIZING BIOFILM; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; METHYLOCYSTIS; METHYLOSINUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; DNA PRIMERS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; METHANE; METHYLOCYSTACEAE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

METHYLOCYSTIS; METHYLOSINUS;

EID: 84864616731     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3728-y     Document Type: Article

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