Dynamic changes of intracellular pH in individual lactic acid bacterium cells in response to a rapid drop in extracellular pH

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2330-2335

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL PH; FERMENTATION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LISTERIA; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PERFUSION; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. BULGARICUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LISTERIA INNOCUA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0034048221     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.6.2330-2335.2000     Document Type: Article

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