Optimal staining and sample storage time for direct microscopic enumeration of total and active bacteria in soil with two fluorescent dyes

Agriculture & Biology

• tetrazolium 77%
• soil bacteria 72%
• fluorescent dyes 70%
• storage time 56%
• chlorides 55%
• staining 48%
• sodium chloride 39%
• bacteria 35%
• 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole 30%
• groundwater 23%
• sampling 23%
• soil 21%
• plate count 21%
• sediments 20%
• soil sampling 18%
• dyes 18%
• sodium 16%
• cells 6%
• methodology 5%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• 5-cyano-2,3-ditolyltetrazolium 100%
• 2-phenylindole 77%
• Soil 70%
• Fluorescent Dyes 68%
• Bacteria 44%
• Staining and Labeling 42%
• Sodium Chloride 37%
• Groundwater 23%
• DAPI 21%
• Sodium 13%
• Coloring Agents 13%
• Cell Count 12%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• dye 59%
• bacterium 41%
• chloride 38%
• sodium chloride 34%
• soil 27%
• sodium 12%
• cell 10%
• groundwater 9%
• sediment 7%