The use of flow cytometry to study the impact of fluid mechanical stress on Escherichia coli W3110 during continuous cultivation in an agitated bioreactor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 612-620

  Hewitt, Christopher J ^a   Boon, Lotte A ^a   McFarlane, Caroline M ^a   Nienow, Alvin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Flow cytometry; Fluid mechanical stress; Membrane integrity; Membrane potential

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; COLIFORM BACTERIA; FERMENTATION; FERMENTERS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY;

CONTINUOUS CELL CULTURE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN;

BIOREACTORS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MEMBRANES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROPIDIUM; RHODAMINE 123; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032487129     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980905)59:5<612::AID-BIT12>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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