The Pressurized Porous Surface Model: An improved tool to study bacterial behavior under a wide range of environmentally relevant matric potentials

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 324-326

  Gülez, Gamze ^a   Dechesne, Arnaud ^a   Smets, Barth F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Matric potential; Microcolony; Soil microbiology; Thin liquid films; Water stress

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDRATION; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURIZED POROUS SURFACE MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS MODEL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SOIL PROPERTY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 77955662940     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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