Resistance of biofilms to the catalase inhibitor 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 156-162

  Liu, Xiaofeng ^a   Roe, Frank ^a   Jesaitis, Al ^a   Lewandowski, Zbigniew ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 amino 1,2,4 triazole; Catalase; Hydrogen peroxide; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseudomonas fluorescens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

AMINO TRIAZOLE;

BIOFILMS;

AMITROLE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CATALASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

AMITROLE; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CATALASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; KINETICS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; OXYGEN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0032551602     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980720)59:2<156::AID-BIT3>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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