Bacterial viability and antibiotic susceptibility testing with SYTOX green nucleic acid stain

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2421-2431

  Roth, Bruce L ^a   Poot, Martin ^a   Yue, Stephen T ^a   Millard, Paul J ^a  

^a MOLECULAR PROBES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; FLUORESCENT DYE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL LABELING; CELL VIABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUOROMETRY; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030958619     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.6.2421-2431.1997     Document Type: Article

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