An EPR investigation of surfactant action on bacterial membranes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-62

  Glover, Richard E ^a   Smith, Royston R ^b   Jones, Martin V ^b   Jackson, Simon K ^a   Rowlands, Christopher C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocide; Spin labelling; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AMINE OXIDE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPIN LABELING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032797883     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00289-X     Document Type: Article

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