Impact of oleic acid (cis-9-octadecenoic acid) on bacterial viability and biofilm production in Staphylococcus aureus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-155

  Stenz, Ludwig ^a,b   François, Patrice ^a   Fischer, Adrien ^a   Huyghe, Antoine ^a   Tangomo, Manuela ^a   Hernandez, David ^a   Cassat, James ^c   Linder, Patrick ^b   Schrenzel, Jacques ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherent bacteria; Biofilm; Oleic acid; Planktonic; Staphylococcus aureus; Viability

Indexed keywords

OLEIC ACID; SIGMA FACTOR;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CARNOSUS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OLEIC ACID; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CARNOSUS;

EID: 51349120653     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01316.x     Document Type: Article

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