Use of fluorescence ratio imaging for intracellular pH determination of individual bacterial cells in mixed cultures

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1703-1709

  Siegumfeldt, Henrik ^a   Bjorn Rechinger K ^a   Jakobsen, Mogens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Intracellular pH; Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus; Listeria innocua; Ratio imaging; Single cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALIBRATION; CELL PH; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LISTERIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LISTERIA INNOCUA;

EID: 0032773239     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-7-1703     Document Type: Article

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