Accurate flow cytometric membrane potential measurement in bacteria using diethyloxacarbocyanine and a ratiometric technique

Cytometry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-63

  Novo, David ^a   Perlmutter, Nancy G ^b   Hunt, Richard H ^a   Shapiro, Howard M ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Howard M Shapiro MD PC   (United States)

^c Howard M Shapiro   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cyanine dyes; Flow cytometry; Membrane potential

Indexed keywords

CYANINE DYE; DIETHYLOXACARBOCYANINE; POTASSIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CALIBRATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CALIBRATION; CARBOCYANINES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; VALINOMYCIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032919099     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19990101)35:1<55::AID-CYTO8>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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