Antimicrobial action of carvacrol at different stages of dual-species biofilm development by Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 797-803

  Knowles, J R ^a,b   Roller, S ^a,c   Murray, D B ^a,d   Naidu, A S ^a,e  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b N terminus Research Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYME INHIBITION; FERMENTATION; FILMS; MICROORGANISMS; PEROXIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SANITARY ENGINEERING;

CARVACROL; CONSTANT DEPTH FILM FERMENTORS; FILM FORMATION; MICROCOLONIES;

BIOCIDES;

BIOCIDE; CARVACROL; PEROXIDE; SPOR KLENZ RTU;

BIOFILM;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; GROWTH REGULATION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STEADY STATE;

BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; CULTURE MEDIA; DISINFECTANTS; FERMENTATION; MONOTERPENES; PEROXIDES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 13544273256     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.2.797-803.2005     Document Type: Article

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