Effect of spaceflight on Pseudomonas aeruginosa final cell density is modulated by nutrient and oxygen availability

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kim, Wooseong ^a,b   Tengra, Farah K ^a,b   Shong, Jasmine ^a,b   Marchand, Nicholas ^a,b   Chan, Hon Kit ^a,b   Young, Zachary ^a   Pangule, Ravindra C ^a,b,c   Parra, Macarena ^d   Dordick, Jonathan S ^a,b   Plawsky, Joel L ^a   Collins, Cynthia H ^a,b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Microgravity; Motility; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBON SOURCE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GRAVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROGRAVITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPACE FLIGHT; URINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL LOAD; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; LOCOMOTION; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 84887071398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-241     Document Type: Article

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