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. 1977 Mar;33(3):713-7.
doi: 10.1128/aem.33.3.713-717.1977.

Tentative identification of methanogenic bacteria by fluorescence microscopy

R W Mink  1 , P R Dugan
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Tentative identification of methanogenic bacteria by fluorescence microscopy

R W Mink et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1977 Mar.

Abstract

Methanogenic bacteria, which are presently identified on the basis of cell morphology and substrate conversion to CH(4), can be differentiated from nonmethanogens and identified in pure or mixed culture on the basis of their autofluorescence under ultraviolet illumination.

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