Cultivation-independent assessment of bacterial viability

Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology

Volumn 124, Issue , 2011, Pages 123-150

  Hammes, Frederik ^a   Berney, Michael ^b   Egli, Thomas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Activity; Bacteria; Flow cytometry; Membrane potential; Viability

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOREACTOR; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 82055168964     PISSN: 07246145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/10_2010_95     Document Type: Article

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