Improved identification of methanogenic bacteria by fluorescence microscopy.
Methanogenic bacteria can be tentatively identified by fluorescence microscopy. This technique was improved by carefully selecting a series of excitation and barrier filters that matched the excitation and emission spectra of some unique coenzymes viz., F420 and F350, in methanogenic bacteria.
D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019605:Euryarchaeota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013045:Species Specificity