In situ activity of suspended and immobilized microbial communities as measured by fluorescence lifetime imaging

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 294-299

  Walczysko, Petr ^a,c   Kuhlicke, Ute ^a   Knappe, Sabine ^b,d   Cordes, Christiana ^b,d   Neu, Thomas R ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES MAGDEBURG STENDAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d ANHALT UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GLUCOSE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

BACTERIAL CELLS; GROWTH EXPERIMENTS; HETEROTROPHIC COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES;

BACTERIA;

BIOFILM; DNA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH RATE; IMMOBILIZATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; CELL SUSPENSION; DNA DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING; IMMOBILIZED CELL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; RNA ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 37849015617     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01806-07     Document Type: Article

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