Quantitative biofilm assay using a microtiter plate to screen for enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 687-690

  Wakimoto, Naoko ^a   Nishi, Junichiro ^a   Sheikh, Jalaluddin ^b   Nataro, James P ^b   Sarantuya, Jav ^a   Iwashita, Mayumi ^a   Manago, Kunihiro ^a   Tokuda, Koichi ^a   Yoshinaga, Masao ^a   Kawano, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL VIOLET; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; HEP 2 CELL; INCUBATION TIME; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CICONIIFORMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 10044230561     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.687     Document Type: Article

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