Coastal and Estuarine Environment Group
Counting bacteria in soils and sediments
Method for staining bacteria in soils and sediments
(a) AO, (b) DAPI, and (c) AO+DAPI
Dual staining using AO and DAPI is better than the conventional single AO or DAPI staining!
See Kuwae and Hosokawa (Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 1999)
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National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology
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