1. Use of Ratiometric Probes with a Spectrofluorometer for Bacterial Viability Measurement
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Thierry Grard, Denis Watier, Jé r ô me Cleach, Guillaume Duflos, Bruno Le Fur, Thomas Brauge, Philippe Lencel, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO), Plate Forme d'Innovations Nouvelles Vagues, Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES), Pole Metropolitain de la Cote d'Opale council, PFI Nouvelles Vagues, French government, Hauts-de-France region of the CPER 2014-2020 MARCO project, FranceAgrimer, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Biochimie des Produits Aquatiques (BPA), Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO)-Transfrontalière BioEcoAgro - UMR 1158 (BioEcoAgro), Université d'Artois (UA)-Université de Liège-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO)-Université de Lille-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-JUNIA (JUNIA), Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université d'Artois (UA)-Université de Liège-Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)-Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO)-Université de Lille-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-JUNIA (JUNIA), and Université catholique de Lille (UCL)-Université catholique de Lille (UCL)
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0301 basic medicine ,Bacterial viability ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,030106 microbiology ,Ionophore ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Rhodamine 123 ,Fluorescence spectroscopy ,Membrane Potentials ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Escherichia coli ,Fluorescence microscope ,Fluorescent Dyes ,Membrane potential ,Microbial Viability ,Ionophores ,Chemistry ,Spectrofluorometer ,General Medicine ,Fluorescence ,Spectrometry, Fluorescence ,Biophysics ,fluorescence techniques ,membrane potential ,Cytometry ,Biotechnology - Abstract
International audience; Assessment of microorganism viability is useful in many industrial fields. A large number of methods associated with the use of fluorescent probes have been developed, including fluorimetry, fluorescence microscopy, and cytometry. In this study, a microvolume spectrofluorometer was used to measure the membrane potential variations of Escherichia coli. In order to estimate the sensitivity of the device, the membrane potential of E. coli was artificially disrupted using an ionophore agent: carbonyl cyanide 3-chlorophenylhydrazone. The membrane potential was evaluated using two ratiometric methods: a Rhodamine 123/4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole combination and a JC-10 ratiometric probe. These methods were used to study the impact of freezing on E. coli, and were compared with the conventional enumeration method. The results showed that it was beneficial to use this compact, easy-to-use, and inexpensive spectrofluorometer to assess the viability of bacterial cells via their membrane potential.
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- 2018
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