Measurement of pH micro-heterogeneity in natural cheese matrices by fluorescence lifetime imaging

Cheese, a product of microbial fermentation may be defined as a protein matrix entrapping fat, moisture, minerals and solutes as well as dispersed bacterial colonies. The growth and physiology of bacterial cells in these colonies may be influenced by the microenvironment around the colony, or altern...

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Main Authors: Zuzana eBurdikova, Zdenek eSvindrych, Jan ePala, Cian eHickey, Martin G. Wilkinson, Jiri ePanek, Mark A. E. Auty, Ammasi ePeriasamy, Jeremiah J. Sheehan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00183/full