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The Application of Imaging Flow Cytometry for Characterisation and Quantification of Bacterial Phenotypes.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2021
Power Ann L, Barber Daniel G, Groenhof Sophie R M, Wagley Sariqa, Liu Ping, Parker David A, Love John
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Bacteria modify their morphology in response to various factors including growth stage, nutrient availability, predation, motility and long-term survival strategies. Morphological changes may also be associated with specific physiological phenotypes such as the formation of dormant or persister cells in a "viable but non-culturable" (VBNC) state which frequently display different shapes and size compared to their...
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