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Uses of Membrane Potential Sensitive Dyes with Bacteria

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Flow Cytometry in Microbiology

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An important property of all biological membranes is that they are selectively permeable to a variety of cations and anions (including the principal cellular ions H+, Na+, K+ and Cl-), so that the different ions tend to move down their concentration gradients through the membrane at different rates. These two characteristics, selective permeability and ionic concentration gradients, lead to a difference in electric potential between the inside and the outside of a cell.

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  1. University of Wales College of Cardiff, PO Box 915, Cardiff, CF1 3TL, Wales

    David Lloyd BSc, PhD, DSc (Professor of Microbiology) (Professor of Microbiology)

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Mason, D., Allman, R., Lloyd, D. (1993). Uses of Membrane Potential Sensitive Dyes with Bacteria. In: Lloyd, D. (eds) Flow Cytometry in Microbiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2017-9_5

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