Assessment of physiological conditions in E. Coli fermentations by epifluorescent microscopy and image analysis

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 882-891

  Carneiro, Sónia ^a   Amaral, António L ^a,b   Veloso, Ana C A ^a,b,c   Dias, Teresa ^c   Peres, António M ^c   Ferreira, Eugénio C ^a   Rocha, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Epifluorescent microscopy; Image analysis; Physiology assessment; Recombinant E. coli fermentations

Indexed keywords

BATCH FERMENTATION; CELL POPULATIONS; E. COLI; ENHANCED YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EPIFLUORESCENT MICROSCOPY; FERMENTATION BROTHS; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUOROCHROMES; INDUCTION TIME; LIGHT MICROSCOPY; MONITORING METHODS; PHASE CONTRASTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE; PROCESSING CONDITION; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; RECOMBINANT E. COLI; RECOMBINANT E. COLI FERMENTATIONS; RECOMBINANT ESCHERICHIA COLI; RECOMBINANT FERMENTATION PROCESS; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN PRODUCTIONS;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PROTEINS;

FERMENTATION;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; FERMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 67651093759     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.134     Document Type: Article

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