Assessment of GFP fluorescence in cells of Streptoccus gordonii under conditions of low pH and low oxygen concentration

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1383-1391

  Hansen, Martin C ^a   Palmer Jr , Robert J ^b,c   Udsen, Camilla ^a   White, David C ^b   Molin, Søren ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic growth; Biofilms; Gram positive bacteria; Green fluorescent protein tagging

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN; REDUCING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDIFICATION; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROPHORE; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTOCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; THICKNESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

EID: 0035007851     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-5-1383     Document Type: Article

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