title: Tentative identification of methanogenic bacteria by fluorescence microscopy.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Mink
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Dugan