Recent advances in the use of intrinsic fluorescence for bacterial identification and characterization.
Live bacteria contain a variety of intracellular biomolecules that have specific excitation and emission wavelength spectra characterizing their intrinsic fluorescence. This paper reviews recent developed methods using bacterial intrinsic fluorescence for identification and characterization purposes. Potential applications of such methods at the industrial level are also addressed.
Ammor
Mohammed Salim
MS
Laboratory of Microbiology and Biotechnology of Foods, Department of Food Science & Technology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece. ammor@aua.gr
D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D005453:Fluorescence; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods
D005456:Fluorescent Dyes