Detection of Bioluminescence from Individual Bacterial Cells: A Comparison of Two Different Low-light Imaging Systems

Luminescence

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-13

  Sternberg, Claus ^a   Eberl, Leo ^a,b   Poulsen, Lars Kongsbak ^a,c   Molin, Søren ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Photon counting video camera; Pseudomonas putida; Single cell detection; Slow scan ccd camera; Vibrio fisheri

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CCD CAMERAS; CELLS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CYTOLOGY; PHOTONS; VIDEO CAMERAS;

BACTERIAL CELLS; LIGHT IMAGING; LOW LIGHT; LOW LIGHT LEVEL; PHOTON COUNTING; PHOTON-COUNTING VIDEO CAMERA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SINGLE-CELL DETECTION; SLOW SCAN CCD CAMERA; VIBRIO FISHERI;

BIOLUMINESCENCE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTON; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; VIBRIO; VIDEORECORDING;

LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTONS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VIBRIO; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0030621962     PISSN: 15227235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1271(199701/02)12:1<7::aid-bio427>3.0.co;2-3     Document Type: Article

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