Single bacterial cell detection using a mutant luciferase

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1051-1054

  Noda, Kenichi ^a   Matsuno, Tadahiro ^b   Fujii, Hiroya ^b   Kogure, Tomonari ^b   Urata, Masaaki ^a   Asami, Yasuo ^a   Kuroda, Akio ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Bussan Nanotech Research Institute Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

ATP assay; Bacteria detection; Mutant firefly luciferase

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CONTAMINATION; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LUMINESCENCE;

BACTERIA DETECTION; MUTANT FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; PHOTINUS PYRALIS;

MUTAGENESIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOTINUS PYRALIS;

EID: 42549154893     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-008-9643-3     Document Type: Article

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