Flow cytometric viability assessment of lactic acid bacteria starter cultures produced by fluidized bed drying

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4897-4909

  Bensch, Gerald ^a   Rüger, Marc ^b   Wassermann, Magdalena ^b   Weinholz, Susann ^a   Reichl, Udo ^b,c   Cordes, Christiana ^a  

^a ANHALT UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Fluidized bed drying; Lactic acid bacteria; Lactobacillus plantarum; Starter cultures; Viability analysis

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; LACTIC ACID;

FLUIDIZED BED DRYING; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; STARTER CULTURES; VIABILITY ANALYSIS;

FOOD PROCESSING;

PROPIDIUM IODIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SYBR GREEN I;

BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD PRODUCTION; FREEZE DRYING; GROWTH RATE; VIABILITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL GROWTH; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FERMENTATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUIDIZED BED; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FREEZE DRYING; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROCESS CONTROL; STAINING; STARTER CULTURE; STORAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM;

CELL MEMBRANE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PROPIDIUM; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84901669701     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-5592-z     Document Type: Article

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