Do Aspergillus species produce biofilm?

Future Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-21

  Chandrasekar, Pranatharthi H ^a   Manavathu, Elias K ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Biofilm; Drug resistance; Drug susceptibility; Multicellular community; Polysaccharide matrix

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BENTHOS; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONIDIUM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGUS GROWTH; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCELIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI;

EID: 40749111780     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17460913.3.1.19     Document Type: Article

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