Bacterial survival in evaporating deposited droplets on a teflon-coated surface

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 703-712

  Xie, Xiaojian ^a   Li, Yuguo ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a   Fang, Herbert H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bacterial survival; Desiccation effect; Droplet; Evaporation effect; Salinity effect

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BIODIVERSITY; DROP FORMATION; EVAPORATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; DESICCATION EFFECTS; EVAPORATION EFFECTS; SALINITY EFFECTS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

POLITEF;

AEROSOL; BACTERIUM; COATING; DROPLET; EVAPORATION; SURFACE; SURVIVAL;

ACINETOBACTER; AEROSOL; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; EVAPORATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS; SALINITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ACINETOBACTER; AEROSOLS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DESICCATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33750983614     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-006-0492-5     Document Type: Article

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