Addition of glucose enables determination of luciferase activity in carbon-starved, stationary phase Lactococcus lactis cells

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 624-626

  Schuster, Bjoern ^a   Menzel, Mathias ^a   Geis, Arnold ^a   Heller, Knut J ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon starvation; Lactococcus lactis; Luciferase activity; Stationary phase

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLUCOSE; LUCIFERASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; ENERGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GLUCOSE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LUCIFERASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 33750297383     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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