Environmental monitoring of bacteria /edited by Clive Edwards.
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Totowa, N.J. :
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Humana Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c1999.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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x, 333 p. :ill. ;24 cm.
SERIES
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Methods in biotechnology ;
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مرجع به حساب نمي آيد
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Some problems 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