Rapid assessment of cell viability of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus by measurement of intracellular pH in individual cells using fluorescence ratio imaging microscopy

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 53-60

  Rechinger, K Bjorn ^a,b   Siegumfeldt, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Foss   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidification power test; Carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester; Intracellular pH

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE SUCCINIMIDYL ESTER;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL PH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FREEZE DRYING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; MILK; NONHUMAN;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; STAINING AND LABELING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. BULGARICUS;

EID: 0037023842     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(01)00745-0     Document Type: Article

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