The in vitro and in vivo effects of constitutive light expression on a bioluminescent strain of the mouse enteropathogen Citrobacter rodentium

Bioluminescent reporter genes, such as those from fireflies and bacteria, let researchers use light production as a non-invasive and non-destructive surrogate measure of microbial numbers in a wide variety of environments. As bioluminescence needs microbial metabolites, tagging microorganisms with l...

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Main Authors: Hannah M. Read, Grant Mills, Sarah Johnson, Peter Tsai, James Dalton, Lars Barquist, Cristin G. Print, Wayne M. Patrick, Siouxsie Wiles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-06-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Lux
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/2130.pdf