Compartment-specific pH monitoring in Bacillus subtilis using fluorescent sensor proteins: A tool to analyze the antibacterial effect of weak organic acids

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  van Beilen, Johan W A ^a   Brul, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial spore formers; GFP; Intracellular pH; pHluorin; Spore germination; Spores; Uncouplers; Weak organic acids

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PHLUORIN PROTEIN; SORBIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CALIBRATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PH; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PH; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPORE GERMINATION; SPOROGENESIS; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84884214442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00157     Document Type: Article

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