New motion analysis system for characterization of the chemosensory response kinetics of Rhodobacter sphaeroides under different growth conditions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4082-4088

  Kojadinovic, Mila ^a   Sirinelli, Antoine ^a   Wadhams, George H ^a   Armitage, Judith P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELLS; BATCH CULTURE; CELL-TO-CELL VARIABILITY; GROWTH CONDITIONS; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PHOTOHETEROTROPHIC; RESPONSE KINETICS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SPHAEROIDES;

BATCH CELL CULTURE; CELLS; CHEMOSTATS; CYTOLOGY; DATA HANDLING; KINETICS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SOFTWARE TESTING; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

GROWTH KINETICS;

PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; DATA SET; GROWTH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REACTION KINETICS; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SOFTWARE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HETEROTROPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

AEROBIOSIS; CHEMOTAXIS; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PROPIONATES; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SOFTWARE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 79960103929     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00341-11     Document Type: Article

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