Rapid assessment of the physiological status of Streptococcus macedonicus by flow cytometry and fluorescence probes

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 197-205

  Papadimitriou, Konstantinos ^a   Pratsinis, Harris ^b   Nebe von Caron, Gerhard ^c   Kletsas, Dimitris ^b   Tsakalidou, Effie ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c Unipath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bis oxonol; Carboxyfluorescein diacetate; Flow cytometry; Heterogeneity; Propidium iodide; Single cell; Streptococcus macedonicus; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIS OXONOL; CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; FLUORESCENT DYE; LANTIBIOTIC; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL LABELING; CELL SELECTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MACEDONICUS; STRESS;

CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; COLORING AGENTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PROPIDIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS; THIOBARBITURATES; TIME FACTORS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MACEDONICUS;

EID: 33748697913     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.04.042     Document Type: Article

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