Impact of pulsed Nd:YAG laser irradiation on the growth and mortality of the biofilm forming marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas carrageenovora

Biofouling

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 123-127

  Nandakumar, Kanavillil ^a   Obika, Hideki ^a   Shinozaki, Tatsuya ^a   Ooie, Toshihiko ^a   Utsumi, Akihiro ^a   Yano, Tetsuo ^a  

^a AIST Shikoku   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antifouling technique; Biofilm bacteria; Mortality; Pulsed laser irradiation; Staining technique

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; GROWTH; IRRADIATION; LASER METHOD; MORTALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS CARRAGEENOVORA; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

EID: 0036089411     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927010290032377     Document Type: Article

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