PuSH - Publication Server of Helmholtz Zentrum München

Schneckenburger, H. ; Reuter, B.W. ; Schoberth, S.M.*

Time-resolved fluorescence microscopy for measuring specific coenzymes in methanogenic bacteria.

Anal. Chim. Acta 163, 249-255 (1984)
DOI
Open Access Green as soon as Postprint is submitted to ZB.
Measurements of time-resolved photobleaching and nanosecond fluorescence decay from microscopic samples of methanogenic bacteria are reported. From cultures of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum and Methanosarcina barkeri, decay times of 1 ns and 3 ns were obtained for the specific coenzymes F420 and 7-methylpterin, respectively. In contrast to methylpterin, the fluorescence of F420 was bleached selectively, with a time constant of about 160 s, at an irradiation power density of 5 mW mm-2. Similar time constants were found for samples of sewage sludge containing methanogenic bacteria. Active and inactive bacterial cells could be differentiated by following the course of photobleaching.
Altmetric
Additional Metrics?
Edit extra informations Login
Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Corresponding Author
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0003-2670
e-ISSN 1873-4324
Quellenangaben Volume: 163, Issue: C, Pages: 249-255 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Elsevier
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Abteilung Biophysikalische Strahlenforschung