Applicability of propidium monoazide (PMA) for discrimination between living and dead phytoplankton cells.

Propidium monoazide (PMA) is a highly selective dye that penetrates only membrane-compromised, dead microbial cells and inhibits both DNA extraction and amplification. PMA has been widely used for discrimination between living and dead microbial cells; however, the application of PMA in phytoplankto...

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Main Authors: Sungbae Joo, Phillip Park, Sangkyu Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218924