Isolation of optically targeted single bacteria by application of fluidic force microscopy to aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs from the phyllosphere

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 4895-4905

  Stiefel, Philipp ^a   Zambelli, Tomaso ^a   Vorholta, Julia A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC ANOXYGENIC PHOTOTROPHS; ANOXYGENIC PHOTOSYNTHESIS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CHARACTERISTIC FLUORESCENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHLOROPHYLL; GENE EXPRESSION;

AEROBIC BACTERIA;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; RNA 16S;

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; INFRARED RADIATION; LABORATORY METHOD; LEAF; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OPTICAL METHOD; OXIC CONDITIONS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CLOVER; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 84880991420     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01087-13     Document Type: Article

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