IMPROVED TECHNIQUE FOR IDENTIFICATION AND ENUMERATION OF METHANOGENIC BACTERIAL COLONIES ON ROLL TUBES BY EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY

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作者
KATAOKA, N
TOKIWA, Y
TAKEDA, K
机构
[1] MINIST INT TRADE & IND,AGCY IND SCI & TECHNOL,FERMENTAT RES INST,DIV CHEM ECOL,1-1-3 HIGASHI,TSUKUBA,IBARAKI 305,JAPAN
[2] EBARA CORP,DEPT DEV & PLANNING,MINATO KU,TOKYO 108,JAPAN
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10.1128/AEM.57.12.3671-3673.1991
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Methanogenic fluorescent colonies can be clearly identified on roll tubes by using an epifluorescence microscope equipped with a x 2 objective. Methanogenic and nonmethanogenic colonies could be counted in roll tubes prepared from methanogenic enrichment cultures. Late-developing colonies appearing after 25 days of incubation were mainly methanogenic.
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