Using Flow Cytometry to Measure Phagocytic Uptake in Earthworms

This laboratory module familiarizes students with flow cytometry while acquiring quantitative reasoning skills during data analysis. Leukocytes, also known as coelomocytes (including hyaline and granular amoebocytes, and chloragocytes), from Eisenia hortensis (earthworms) are isolated from the coel...

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Main Author: Sheryl L. Fuller-Espie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2010-10-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
Online Access:http://jmbesubmissions.asm.org/index.php/jmbe/article/view/135