Studying Intracellular pH of Bacteria with Fluorescent Tools

This perspective discusses the relevance of studying the intracellular pH of pathogenic bacteria. Acidic environments trigger phenotype switches, increasing stress tolerance and antibiotic persistence – key challenges in treating bacterial infections. Understanding these phenotypic adaptations under...

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Main Author: Dorothea Kossmann
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Language:deu
Published: Swiss Chemical Society 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://www.chimia.ch/chimia/article/view/7929
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description This perspective discusses the relevance of studying the intracellular pH of pathogenic bacteria. Acidic environments trigger phenotype switches, increasing stress tolerance and antibiotic persistence – key challenges in treating bacterial infections. Understanding these phenotypic adaptations under clinically relevant stress conditions is important for elucidating bacterial survival mechanisms. Here, we discuss fluorescent tools to monitor pH homeostasis in bacterial cells and how advances in this field could shed light on pathogen resilience to antibiotics and human immune responses.
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spellingShingle Dorothea Kossmann
Studying Intracellular pH of Bacteria with Fluorescent Tools
CHIMIA
Bacteria
Fluorescent tools
Persistence
Phenotype switch
pH sensing
title Studying Intracellular pH of Bacteria with Fluorescent Tools
title_full Studying Intracellular pH of Bacteria with Fluorescent Tools
title_fullStr Studying Intracellular pH of Bacteria with Fluorescent Tools
title_full_unstemmed Studying Intracellular pH of Bacteria with Fluorescent Tools
title_short Studying Intracellular pH of Bacteria with Fluorescent Tools
title_sort studying intracellular ph of bacteria with fluorescent tools
topic Bacteria
Fluorescent tools
Persistence
Phenotype switch
pH sensing
url https://www.chimia.ch/chimia/article/view/7929
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