{"title":"Flow cytometry of bacterial membrane potential and permeability.","authors":"Howard M Shapiro","doi":"10.1007/978-1-59745-246-5_14","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This chapter describes reliable flow cytometric methods for assessment of two important physiologic characteristics of bacteria, membrane potential and membrane permeability, which can provide indications of the effects of antimicrobial agents on microorganisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":18460,"journal":{"name":"Methods in molecular medicine","volume":"142 ","pages":"175-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/978-1-59745-246-5_14","citationCount":"50","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Methods in molecular medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-246-5_14","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This chapter describes reliable flow cytometric methods for assessment of two important physiologic characteristics of bacteria, membrane potential and membrane permeability, which can provide indications of the effects of antimicrobial agents on microorganisms.