Colorimetric detection of bacteria using litmus test

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2016, Issue 115, 2016, Pages

  Tram, Kha ^a   Manochehry, Sepehr ^a   Feng, Qian ^a   Chang, Dingran ^a   Salena, Bruno J ^a   Li, Yingfu ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial detection; Biosensor; Cellular biology; Colorimetric assay; DNAzyme and E. Coli; Issue 115; Litmus test

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DEOXYRIBOZYME; IMMOBILIZED ENZYME; UREASE;

BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PH; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PROCEDURES;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLORIMETRY; DNA, CATALYTIC; ENZYMES, IMMOBILIZED; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; UREASE;

EID: 84989313054     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/54546     Document Type: Article

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