Combination of Raman tweezers and quantitative differential interference contrast microscopy for measurement of dynamics and heterogeneity during the germination of individual bacterial spores

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Zhang, Pengfei ^a   Kong, Lingbo ^a   Wang, Guiwen ^a   Setlow, Peter ^b   Li, Yong Qing ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Germination heterogeneity; Quantitative differential interference contrast microscopy; Raman tweezers; Spore germination

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SPECIES; BACTERIAL SPORE; DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; DIPICOLINIC ACIDS; FIELD OF VIEWS; GERMINATION HETEROGENEITY; IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; MOTORIZED STAGE; PHASE IMAGE; PIXEL INTENSITIES; QUANTITATIVE DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; RAMAN TWEEZERS; SPORE GERMINATION; VERTICAL DIRECTION;

BACTERIOLOGY; ORGANIC ACIDS;

CULTIVATION;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

DIPICOLINIC ACID; PICOLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 79952502699     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3494567     Document Type: Article

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