Rapid, precise, and accurate counts of symbiodinium cells using the guava flow cytometer, and a comparison to other methods

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Krediet, Cory J ^a   DeNofrio, Jan C ^a   Caruso, Carlo ^a   Burriesci, Matthew S ^a   Cella, Kristen ^a   Pringle, John R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIPTASIA; ALGAL CELL CULTURE; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL COUNT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; COULTER COUNTER; DINOFINDER; FLOW CYTOMETER; HEMOCYTOMETER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMBIODINIUM; ANIMAL; CNIDARIA; CYTOLOGY; DINOFLAGELLATE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; CNIDARIA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84942944681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135725     Document Type: Article

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