Colorimetric method for identifying plant essential oil components that affect biofilm formation and structure

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 6951-6956

  Niu, C ^a   Gilbert, E S ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CALORIMETRY; CELL CULTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILM GROWTH; GROWTH KINETICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; OILS AND FATS; TOXICITY;

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY (CLSM); FLOW CELLS; PLANT ESSENTIAL OILS; SPECIFIC BIOFILM FORMATION (SBF) ASSAY;

BIOFILMS;

CINNAMALDEHYDE; CITRONELLOL; CRYSTAL VIOLET; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL;

BIOFILM; COLORIMETRY; ESSENTIAL OIL; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELL VIABILITY; COLORIMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PLANT; PSEUDOMONAS; STAINING; SWIMMING;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENTIAN VIOLET; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; PSEUDOMONAS; STAINING AND LABELING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CASSIA; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CITRONELLA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LURIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 10444254017     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.12.6951-6956.2004     Document Type: Article

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