Direct in situ viability assessment of bacteria in probiotic dairy products using viability staining in conjunction with confocal scanning laser microscopy

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 420-425

  Auty, M A E ^a   Gardiner, G E ^a   McBrearty, S J ^a   O'Sullivan, E O ^a   Mulvihill, D M ^a   Collins, J K ^a   Fitzgerald, G F ^a   Stanton, C ^a   Ross, R P ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DAIRY PRODUCT; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; MILK; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VITAL STAIN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CHEESE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DAIRY PRODUCTS; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MILK; PROBIOTICS; STAINING AND LABELING;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM SP.; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0035169208     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.1.420-425.2001     Document Type: Article

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