Evaluation of the LIVE/DEAD BacLight kit for detection of extremophilic archaea and visualization of microorganisms in environmental hypersaline samples

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6884-6886

  Leuko, Stefan ^a   Legat, Andrea ^b   Fendrihan, Sergiu ^b   Stan Lotter, Helga ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c Department of Molecular Biology ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; IONIC STRENGTH; PH EFFECTS;

BACLIGHT KIT; EXTREMOPHILIC ARCHAEA; HALOARCHAEA;

MICROORGANISMS;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

MICROORGANISM;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; IONIC STRENGTH; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PH; RELIABILITY; STAINING;

ARCHAEA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAINING AND LABELING;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 8744240479     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.11.6884-6886.2004     Document Type: Article

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