Two Different Mechanisms Are Involved in the Extremely High-Level Benzalkonium Chloride Resistance of a Pseudomonas fluorescens Strain

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 709-715

  Nagai, Katsuhiro ^a   Murata, Takahiro ^b   Ohta, Shin ^c   Zenda, Hiroshi ^d   Ohnishi, Makoto ^e   Hayashi, Tetsuya ^e  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGANO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d HOSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disinfectant adsorption; Disinfectant resistance; Efflux pump; Pseudomonas fluorescens

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BIOCIDE; CATIONIC SURFACTANT; CETRIMIDE; CETYLPYRIDINIUM SALT; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; ETHACRIDINE LACTATE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GLYCINE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0142121866     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2003.tb03440.x     Document Type: Article

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