Environmental monitoring of bacteria
By: edited by Clive Edwards.
Contributors: Edwards, Clive, 1949-
Series: Methods in biotechnology ;; 12
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
Subjects: Bacteria -- Ecology; Microbial ecology; Molecular biology -- Technique; Environmental monitoring; Environmental Microbiology; Molecular Biology -- methods; Ecology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Some problems posed by natural environments for monitoring microorganisms; title: Sampling sediment and soil: use of coring devices; title: Sampling water bodies: tangential flow filtration; title: Dielectrophoresis - Flow cytometry and cell sorting: rapid analysis and separation of individual bacterial cells from natural environments; title: Magnetic particle-based separation techniques for monitoring bacteria from natural environments; title: DNA extraction from natural enviornments; title: Automated sequencing of DNA retrieved from environmental samples; title: Analysis of DNA sequences; title: Fluorescent polymerase chanin reaction/restriction fragment lenght polymorphism monitoring of genes amplified directly from bacterial communities in soils and sediments; title: Recovery and analysis of ribosomal RNA sequences from the environment; title: Application of denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis to microbial ecology; title: Reporter gene expression for monitoring microorganisms; title: Characterizing microorganisms in the environment by fatty acid analysis; title: Fluorescent in situ hybridization and the analysis of the single cell; title: Specific detection, viability assessment, and macromolecular staining of bacteria for flow cytometry; title: Confocal laser scanning microscopy of environmental samples; title: Monitoring microbial activities using membrane inlet mass spectrometry; title: Experimental biofilms and their applications in the study of environmental processes; title: Establishment of experimental biofilms using the modified robbins device and flow cells.