Species-specific viability analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Burkholderia cepacia and Staphylococcus aureus in mixed culture by flow cytometry

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rüger, Marc ^a   Ackermann, Mandy ^a   Reichl, Udo ^a,b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burkholderia cepacia; Cystic fibrosis; Flow cytometry; Interspecies effects; Mixed communities; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus; T RFLP; Viability analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CELL COUNTING; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; LUNG FIBROSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES CULTIVATION;

BACTERIAL LOAD; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; COINFECTION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAINING AND LABELING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84897954637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-14-56     Document Type: Article

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