Cell membrane integrity and lysis in Lactococcus lactis: The detection of a population of permeable cells in post-logarithmic phase cultures

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 90-96

  Niven, G W ^a   Mulholland, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELLS;

AFTER-TREATMENT; CELL SUSPENSION; CETYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; INTACT CELLS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MEMBRANE INTEGRITY; PERMEABILITY INDEX; PERMEABILIZED CELLS; PHASE CULTURE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

FLUORESCENCE;

CETRIMIDE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHEESE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; FERMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031917337     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1997.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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