Assessment of the effects of gramicidin, formaldehyde, and surfactants on Escherichia coli by flow cytometry using nucleic acid and membrane potential dyes

Cytometry

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-64

  Comas, J ^a   Vives Rego, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bis oxonol; E. coli; Flow cytometry; Particle size analyzer; Propidium iodide; Rhodamine 123; Surfactants; SYTO 13; SYTO 17

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; GRAMICIDIN; RHODAMINE 123; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICELLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BARBITURATES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; FORMALDEHYDE; GRAMICIDIN; HUMANS; ISOXAZOLES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PARTICLE SIZE; PROPIDIUM; RHODAMINE 123; RHODAMINES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030884159     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19970901)29:1<58::AID-CYTO6>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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