Comparison of relative photon flux from single cells of the bioluminescent marine bacteria Vibrio fischeri and Vibrio harveyi using photon-counting microscopy

Luminescence

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 147-151

  Phiefer, Charles B ^a   Palmer, Robert J ^a   White, David C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Confocal microscopy; Microscopy; Photon counting; Vibrio fischeri; Vibrio harveyi

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; PHOSPHORESCENCE;

CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; EMITTED LIGHT; MARINE BACTERIUM; PHOTON COUNTING; PHOTON FLUX; SESSILE CELLS; SINGLE CELLS; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

PHOTONS;

VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PHOTON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO;

EVALUATION STUDIES; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PHOTONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIBRIO;

EID: 0033128359     PISSN: 15227235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-7243(199905/06)14:3<147::aid-bio532>3.0.co;2-c     Document Type: Article

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