A rapid method combining immunofluorescence and flow cytometry for improved understanding of competitive interactions between lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in mixed culture

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Schellenberg, John ^a,c   Smoragiewicz, Wanda ^a   Karska Wysocki, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Flow cytometry; Fluorescent microscopy; Immunofluorescence; Lactic acid bacteria; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Indexed keywords

AGAR; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROBIOTICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33644950655     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2005.06.018     Document Type: Article

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