Quantification of bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoic acids by Nile red staining

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 765-772

  Gorenflo, V ^a   Steinbuchel A ^a   Marose, S ^b   Rieseberg, M ^b   Scheper, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIODEGRADATION; EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; OXAZINES; POLYESTERS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0032973638     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051460     Document Type: Article

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