Environmental Monitoring of Bacteria [Paperback]

Some Problems Posed by Natural Environments for Monitoring Microorganisms, Clive Edwards. Sampling Sediment and Soil: Use of Coring Devices, Roger Pickup, Glenn Rhodes, and Grahame Hall. Sampling Water Bodies: Tangetial Flow Filtration, Roger Pickup, Helen Mallinson, and Glenn Rhodes. Dielectrophoresis, D. W. Pimbley, P. D. Patel, and C. J. Robertson. Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting: Rapid Analysis and Separation of Individual Bacterial Cells from Natural Environments, Jonathan Porter. Magnetic Particle-Based Separation Techniques for Monitoring Bacteria from Natural Environments, Jonathan Porter and Roger Pickup. DNA Extraction from Natural Environments, Kenneth D. Bruce, Peter Strike, and Donald A. Ritchie. Automated Sequencing of DNA Retrieved from Environmental Samples, Mathew Upton. Analysis of DNA Sequences, Mathew Upton. Fluorescent Polymerase Chain Reaction/Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Monitoring of Genes Amplified Directly from Bacterial Communities in Soils and Sediments, Kenneth D. Bruce and Mark R. Hughes. Recovery and Analysis of Ribosomal RNA Sequences from the Environment, Ian M. Head. Application of Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis to Microbial Ecology, Richard Hastings. Reporter Gene Expression for Monitoring Microorganisms in the Environment, James R. Firth. Characterizing Microorganisms in the Environment by Fatty Acid Analysis, Ian P. Thompson, Mark J. Bailey, and Andrew K. Lilley. Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization and the Analysis of the Single Cell, Anthony G. O'Donnell and Andrew S. Whiteley. Specific Detection, Viability Assessment, and Macromolecular Staining of Bacteria for Flow Cytometry, Jonathan Porter. Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy of Environmental Samples, David Lloyd, Anthony J. Hayes, and James R. Ralphs. Monitoring Microbial Activities Using Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometry, James R. Firth and Clive Edwards. Experimental Biofilms and Their Applications in the Study of Environmental Processes, Joanna C. RaynerlƒH