Viability staining and flow cytometric detection of Listeria monocytogenes

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-43

  Nexmann Jacobsen, Charlotte ^a   Rasmussen, Julie ^a   Jakobsen, Mogens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

flow cytometry; fluorescence intensity; Listeria monocytogenes; rapid method; viability staining

Indexed keywords

ACRIFLAVINE; FLUORESCENT DYE; FOSFOMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031055447     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(96)00960-8     Document Type: Article

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