Use of a quartz crystal microbalance to investigate the antiadhesive potential of N-acetyl-L-cysteine

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2705-2712

  Olofsson, Ann Cathrin ^a   Hermansson, Malte ^a   Elwing, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CELLS; CRYSTALS; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYSACCHARIDES; REDUCTION; STAINLESS STEEL; VISCOELASTICITY;

N-ACETYL-L-CYSTEINE (NAC); QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE; WETTABILITY;

QUARTZ;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; POLYSTYRENE; SILICON DIOXIDE; STAINLESS STEEL;

BIOFILM;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; VISCOELASTICITY; WETTABILITY;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; ELASTICITY; QUARTZ; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STAINLESS STEEL; VISCOSITY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 18444411018     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.5.2705-2712.2005     Document Type: Article

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