Staining and quantification of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Cupriavidus necator cell populations using automated flow cytometry

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-35

  Kacmar, James ^a,b   Carlson, Ross ^a,b,c   Balogh, Steven J ^a,b   Srienc, Friedrich ^a,b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated bioreactor monitoring; BODIPY 493 503; Nile red; Polyhydroxyalkanoates; Ralstonia eutropha

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; BORON DERIVATIVE; BORON DIPYRROMETHANE; CARBON; PLASTIC; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOREACTOR; CARBON STORAGE; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; ENERGY RESOURCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; ONLINE MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

BORON COMPOUNDS; COLORING AGENTS; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; OXAZINES; POLYESTERS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 30344453985     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20197     Document Type: Article

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