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dc.contributor.authorSpiekermann, P
dc.contributor.authorRehm, BHA
dc.contributor.authorKalscheuer, R
dc.contributor.authorBaumeister, D
dc.contributor.authorSteinbuchel, A
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-20T04:08:38Z
dc.date.available2018-04-20T04:08:38Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.identifier.issn0302-8933
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s002030050681
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/373511
dc.description.abstractThe oxazine dye Nile blue A and its fluorescent oxazone form, Nile red, were used to develop a simple and highly sensitive staining method to detect poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid) and other polyhydroxyalkanoic acids (PHAs) directly in growing bacterial colonies. In contrast to previously described methods, these dyes were directly included in the medium at concentrations of only 0.5 μg/ml, and growth of the cells occurred in the presence of the dyes. This allowed an estimation of the presence of PHAs in viable colonies at any time during the growth experiment and a powerful discrimination between PHA-negative and PHA-positive strains. The presence of Nile red or Nile blue A did not affect growth of the bacteria. This viable-colony staining method was in particular applicable to gram-negative bacteria such as Azotobacter vinelandii, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas putida, and Ralstonia eutropha. It was less suitable for discriminating between PHA-negative and PHA-positive strains of gram-positive bacteria such as Bacillus megaterium or Rhodococcus ruber, but it could also be used to discriminate between wax-ester- and triacylglycerol-negative and -positive strains of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus or Rhodococcus opacus. The potential of this new method and its application to further investigations of PHA synthases and PHA biosynthesis pathways are discussed.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Verlag
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom73
dc.relation.ispartofpageto80
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalArchives of Microbiology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume171
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMicrobiology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMicrobiology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical microbiology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3107
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode310799
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3207
dc.titleA sensitive, viable-colony staining method using Nile red for direct screening of bacteria that accumulate polyhydroxyalkanoic acids and other lipid storage compounds
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorRehm, Bernd


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