A single-cell perspective on non-growing but metabolically active (NGMA) bacteria

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 374, Issue , 2013, Pages 135-161

  Manina, Giulia ^a   McKinney, John D ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; TIME LAPSE IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECURRENCE; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84892755344     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/82-2013-333     Document Type: Article

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