Application of gel microdroplet and flow cytometry techniques to selective enrichment of non-growing bacterial cells

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-33

  Manome, Akira ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a,c   Tani, Yoshiki ^b   Katsuragi, Tohoru ^b   Kurane, Ryuichiro ^c   Tsuchida, Takayasu ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Fluorescent dye; Gel microdroplet; Non growing bacterium

Indexed keywords

6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; ACETOACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCAPSULATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GEL; GROWTH INHIBITION; INCUBATION TIME; LEUCONOSTOC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STAINING; TECHNIQUE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; LEUCONOSTOC; MICROPORE FILTERS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES;

EID: 0035313609     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00079-9     Document Type: Article

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