Effect of u.v. light irradiation, starvation and heat on Escherichia coli β-D-galactosidase activity and other potential viability parameters

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-71

  Fiksdal, L ^a   Tryland, I ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CYTOLOGY; DAMAGE DETECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRRADIATION;

% REDUCTIONS; CELL NUMBER; CELLULAR FUNCTION; CULTURABLE; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; DIRECT VIABLE COUNTS; GALACTOSIDASES; MEMBRANE INTEGRITY; UV-LIGHT; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

CELLS;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GALACTOSIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT TREATMENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; STARVATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032792255     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00796.x     Document Type: Article

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