Succession of cellular states in a Salmonella typhimurium population during starvation in artificial seawater microcosms

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-76

  Joux, Fabien ^a   Lebaron, Philippe ^a   Troussellier, Marc ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

cellular states; flow cytometry; fluorescent probes; Salmonella typhimurium; seawater; survival

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; DNA CONTENT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STARVATION;

EID: 0031027695     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(96)00077-3     Document Type: Article

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