Environmental Monitoring of Bacteria - Edwards, Clive; SpringerLink (Online service) (Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 1999)
Some Problems Posed by Natural Environments for Monitoring Microorganisms -- Sampling Sediment and Soil -- Sampling Water Bodies -- Dielectrophoresis -- Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting -- Magnetic Particle-Based Separation Techniques for Monitoring Bacteria from Natural Environments -- DNA Extraction from Natural Environments -- Automated Sequencing of DNA Retrieved from Environmental Samples -- Analysis of DNA Sequences -- Fluorescent Polymerase Chain Reaction/Restriction Fragment Length 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 in the Environment -- 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.
Keywords: Environmental monitoring; Bacteriology; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; Bacteriology