An inexpensive, accurate, and precise wet-mount method for enumerating aquatic viruses

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2995-3000

  Cunningham, Brady R ^a   Brum, Jennifer R ^b   Schwenck, Sarah M ^b   Sullivan, Matthew B ^b   John, Seth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FLOCCULATION; PORE SIZE;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CHEMICAL FLOCCULATIONS; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; METABOLIC FUNCTION; MICROBIAL MORTALITY; VIRAL CONCENTRATION; VIRUS CONCENTRATION;

VIRUSES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; GENE FLOW; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; VIRAL DISEASE;

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

COST; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FLOCCULATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS LOAD;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FLOCCULATION; FRESH WATER; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SEAWATER; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUSES;

EID: 84924150135     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03642-14     Document Type: Article

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