Cytometric fingerprinting for analyzing microbial intracommunity structure variation and identifying subcommunity function

Nature Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 190-202

  Koch, Christin ^a   Günther, Susanne ^a   Desta, Adey F ^b   Hübschmann, Thomas ^a   Müller, Susann ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL SELECTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRIC FINGERPRINTING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; ETHIOPIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84872039001     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2012.149     Document Type: Article

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