Fluorometric quantification of polyphosphate in environmental plankton samples: Extraction protocols, matrix effects, and nucleic acid interference

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 273-281

  Martin, Patrick ^a   Van Mooy, Benjamin A S ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID INTERFERENCE; CELLULAR FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; ENZYMATIC DIGESTIONS; EXTRACTION EFFICIENCIES; EXTRACTION PROTOCOLS; INORGANIC POLYPHOSPHATE; MARINE SAMPLES; MATRIX EFFECTS; NORTH PACIFIC; OPEN OCEAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYPHOSPHATES; PROTEINASE K; STANDARD ADDITION;

ALKALINITY; LEACHING; PHOSPHORUS;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; NUCLEIC ACID; POLYPHOSPHATE; SEA WATER;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL WATER; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACTION; MATRIX; NUCLEIC ACID; OPEN OCEAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANKTON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; EVALUATION; FLUOROMETRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANKTON; STAINING;

CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; CYANOBACTERIA; FLUOROMETRY; INDOLES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANKTON; POLYPHOSPHATES; SEAWATER; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAINING AND LABELING;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84871904707     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02592-12     Document Type: Article

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