Fluorescent phospholipid analogs as microscopic probes for detection of the mycolic acid-containing layer in Corynebacterium glutamicum: Detecting alterations in the mycolic acid-containing layer following ethambutol treatment

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2051-2056

  Kumagai, Yutaro ^a,c   Hirasawa, Takashi ^a,d   Hayakawa, Kenshi ^a   Nagai, Kazuo ^b   Wachi, Masaaki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell surface; Corynebacterium glutamicum; Fluorescence microscopy; Mycolic acid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; PROBES;

CELL SURFACE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MYCOLIC ACID;

PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUORESCENT DYE; MYCOLIC ACID; NILE RED; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CELL WALL; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYCOLIC ACIDS; OXAZINES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM; NOCARDIA; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 28244486420     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.2051     Document Type: Article

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