Environmental monitoring of bacteria /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Totowa, N.J. :
Humana Press,
[1999]
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| Series: | Methods in biotechnology ;
12. |
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Table of Contents:
- Some poblems posed by natural environments for monitoring microorganisms
- Sampling sediment and soil: use of coring devices
- Sampling water bodies: tangential flow filtration
- Dielectrophoresis - Flow cytometry and cell sorting: rapid analysis and separation of individual bacterial cells from natural environments
- Magnetic particle-based separation techniques for monitoring bacteria from natural environments
- DNA extraction from natural enviornments
- Automated sequencing of DNA retrieved from environmental samples
- Analysis of DNA sequences
- Fluorescent polymerase chanin reaction/restriction fragment lenght polymorphism monitoring of genes amplified directly from bacterial communities in soils and sediments
- Recovery and analysis of ribosomal RNA sequences from the environment
- Application of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis to microbial ecology
- Reporter gene expression for monitoring microorganisms
- Characterizing microorganisms in the environment by fatty acid analysis
- Fluorescent in situ hybridization and the analysis of the single cell
- Specific detection, viability assessment, and macromolecular staining of bacteria for flow cytometry
- Confocal laser scanning microscopy of environmental samples
- Monitoring microbial activities using membrane inlet mass spectrometry
- Experimental biofilms and their applications in the study of environmental processes
- Establishment of experimental biofilms using the modified robbins device and flow cells.