An accurate method for estimation of the intracellular aqueous volume of Escherichia coli cells

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 73-76

  Wang, Lei ^a,b   Zhou, Yongjin J ^a   Ji, Debin ^a   Zhao, Zongbao K ^a,b  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Escherichia coli; Intracellular aqueous volume; Metabolite; NAD+

Indexed keywords

NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL SEPARATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACELLULAR AQUEOUS VOLUME; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; METABOLITE; METABOLITE ANALYSIS; METABOLOMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; WATER CONTENT;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NAD;

EID: 84875305380     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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