Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9121536 | FEMS Microbiology Letters | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
A gfp- and kanamycin-resistance gene-containing plasmid pUCGK was successfully constructed and transformed into Enterobacter aerogenes to develop a rapid GFP-based method for quantifying the bacterial concentration under anaerobic conditions for production of biohydrogen. Since the use of GFP as a molecular reporter is restricted by its requirement for oxygen in the development of the fluorophore, fluorescence detection for the fluorescent E. aerogenes grown anaerobically for hydrogen production was performed by developing a method of aerobic fluorescence recovery (AFR) of the anaerobically expressed GFP. By using this AFR method, rapid and non-disruptive cell quantification of E. aerogenes by fluorescence density was achieved for analyzing the hydrogen production process.
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Authors
Chong Zhang, Xin-Hui Xing, Kai Lou,