Cytoplasmic pH response to acid stress in individual cells of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis observed by fluorescence ratio imaging microscopy

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3706-3714

  Martinez II, Keith A ^a   Kitko, Ryan D ^a   Mershon, J Patrick ^a   Adcox, Haley E ^a   Malek, Kotiba A ^a   Berkmen, Melanie B ^b   Slonczewski, Joan L ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID STRESS; ADHERENT CELLS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM CELLS; CELL SUSPENSION; E. COLI; FLUORESCENCE RATIO; FLUORESCENCE RATIO IMAGING; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; ISOLATED CELLS; PERFUSION MEDIUM; PH RESPONSE; RATIOMETRIC; STANDARD CURVES; SUBTILIS; TRANSMEMBRANES; UNCOUPLERS;

BIOFILMS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RECOVERY;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

ACID;

BIOFILM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PH;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACIDS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILMS; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84861141306     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00354-12     Document Type: Article

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