Fluorescence microscopy methods for determining the viability of bacteria in association with mammalian cells

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 79, 2013, Pages

  Brittany Johnson, M ^a   Criss, Alison K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bacterial infections and Mycoses; Biomedical engineering; Cancer biology; Cell; Cellular biology; Confocal; Fluorescence; Fluorescence microscopy; Genetics; Imaging; Immunology; Infection; Issue 79; Medicine; Microbiology; Microscopy; Molecular biology; Viability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884189441     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/50729     Document Type: Article

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