Membrane damage and active but nonculturable state in liquid cultures of Escherichia coli treated with an atmospheric pressure plasma jet

Bioelectrochemistry

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 7-14

  Dolezalova, Eva ^a   Lukes, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Electrical discharge; Escherichia coli; Lipid peroxidation; LIVE DEAD assay; Viability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DAMAGE DETECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPIDS; MEMBRANES; OXIDATION; PLASMA JETS; RESUSCITATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA JETS; BACTERIAL INACTIVATION; CONVENTIONAL CULTIVATIONS; ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES; INACTIVATION MECHANISMS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; VIABILITY; VIABLE BUT NON CULTURABLE STATES (VBNC);

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

CATALASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MEMBRANE LIPID; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID; PEROXIDASE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; WATER; PLASMA GAS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DNA STRAND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIQUID CULTURE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; PEROXIDATION; PH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SUSPENSION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA GAS; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL WALL; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PLASMA GASES; PROPIDIUM; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84923363431     PISSN: 15675394     EISSN: 1878562X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2014.08.018     Document Type: Article

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