A non-invasive fluorescent staining procedure allows Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy based imaging of Mycobacterium in multispecies biofilms colonizing and degrading polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-325

  Wouters, K ^a   Maes, E ^a   Spitz, J A ^a   Roeffaers, M B J ^a   Wattiau, P ^b   Hofkens, J ^a   Springael, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fluorescent staining; Microscale behavior; Multispecies community; Mycobacterium; PAH biodegradation

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHINGOMONAS; STAINING;

BIOFILMS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; STAINING AND LABELING;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SP.; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 78149471433     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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