Limits of propidium iodide as a cell viability indicator for environmental bacteria

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 592-598

  Shi, Lei ^a   Günther, Susanne ^a   Hübschmann, Thomas ^a   Wick, Lukas Y ^a   Harms, Hauke ^a   Müller, Susann ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial viability; Live dead staining; Multiparametric flow cytometry; Population dynamics; Propidium iodide

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; HOE 33342; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALIBRATION; CELL VIABILITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH CURVE; LIFE CYCLE; MYCOBACTERIUM FREDERIKSBERGENSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPHINGOMONAS; STAINING;

BENZIMIDAZOLES; CALIBRATION; CARBOCYANINES; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDOLES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PROPIDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPHINGOMONAS; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547570134     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20402     Document Type: Article

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