Acid tolerance of Streptococcus macedonicus as assessed by flow cytometry and single-cell sorting

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 465-476

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; CLONING; FLUORESCENCE; IODINE COMPOUNDS; PH EFFECTS; PROBES; SORTING;

CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; CLONAL POPULATIONS; CYTOMETRIC VIABILITY; RATIOMETRIC ANALYSIS;

BIOASSAY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; GLUCOSE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACID; ASSAY; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; TOLERANCE; VIABILITY;

ACID TOLERANCE; ACIDITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CLONE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL SELECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PH; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MACEDONICUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CELL WALL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHENOTYPE; PROPIDIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MACEDONICUS;

EID: 33846416951     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01244-06     Document Type: Article

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