Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 upon biofilm formation on a polystyrene surface acquire a strong antibiotic resistance with minor changes in their tolerance to metal cations and metalloid oxyanions

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-39

  Tremaroli, Valentina ^a   Fedi, Stefano ^a   Turner, Raymond J ^b   Ceri, Howard ^b   Zannoni, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofilm formation; Calgary device biofilm; Metal and metalloid tolerance; Polystyrene surface; Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AMIKACIN; ANION; ARGININE; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; BIOCIDE; CADMIUM; METAL ION; NICKEL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYSTYRENE; RIFAMPICIN; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE;

AEROBE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOFILM; CELL FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOXICITY;

AMIKACIN; ANIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CATIONS; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; METALS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POLYSTYRENES; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES; RIFAMPIN; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

LURIA; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES;

EID: 45849094410     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-008-0360-z     Document Type: Article

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