Optimisation of the fluorescein diacetate antibacterial assay

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-30

  Wanandy, Stephanus ^a   Brouwer, Nynke ^a   Liu, Qian ^a   Mahon, Andrew ^a   Cork, Stephen ^a   Karuso, Peter ^a   Vemulpad, Subramanyam ^a   Jamie, Joanne ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abiotic cleavage of fluorescein diacetate; Antibacterial assay; Fluorescein diacetate

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACIDS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BUFFERS; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHYLMALEIMIDE; FLUORESCEINS; GENTAMICINS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TETRACYCLINE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LETHRINIDAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 9644252719     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2004.08.010     Document Type: Article

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