Attachment of bacteria to model solid surfaces' oligo(ethylene glycol) surfaces inhibit bacterial attachment

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-63

  Ista, Linnea K ^a   Fan, Hongyou ^a   Baca, Oswald ^b   López, Gabriel P ^a  

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial attachment; Biofouling; Deleya marina; Oligo(ethylene glycol); Self assembled monolayers; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL SURFACE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COBETIA MARINA; HALOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0030586751     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00243-1     Document Type: Article

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