Application of a pH-sensitive fluoroprobe (C-SNARF-4) for pH microenvironment analysis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2501-2510

  Hunter, Ryan C ^a   Beveridge, Terry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH (MATERIALS); LASER APPLICATIONS; PH; POLYSACCHARIDES; SCANNING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AERUGINOSA; FLUOROPROBE; SCANNING MICROSCOPY;

BIOFILMS;

C SNARF 4; FLUORESCENT DYE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOFILM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; LASER MICROSCOPY; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PH; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

BENZOPYRANS; BIOFILMS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NAPHTHOLS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHODAMINES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 18444402196     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.5.2501-2510.2005     Document Type: Article

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