Interaction of bacterial cells with weak light emission from culture media

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-101

  Vogel, Reiner ^a,b   Süssmuth, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b International Institute of Biophysics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth; Cell membrane; Chemiluminescence; Oxidative stress; Ultraweak photon emission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION; PHOTONS;

ULTRAWEAK PHOTON EMISSION;

CELL MEMBRANES;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTON;

EID: 0032029185     PISSN: 03024598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-4598(98)00067-1     Document Type: Article

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