Measurement of cytoplasmic pH of the alkaliphile Bacillus lentus C-125 with a fluorescent pH probe

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2531-2536

  Aono, Rikizo ^a   Ito, Masahiro ^a   Horikoshi, Koki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaliphile; Bacillus lentus; Cytoplasmic pH; pH homeostasis

Indexed keywords

2,7 BIS(CARBOXYETHYL) 6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL PH; CYTOPLASM; EGGERTHELLA LENTA; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PH; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

BACILLUS LENTUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EGGERTHELLA LENTA;

EID: 0030802781     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-8-2531     Document Type: Article

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