Poly-N-acetylglucosamine matrix polysaccharide impedes fluid convection and transport of the cationic surfactant cetylpyridinium chloride through bacterial biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1308-1314

  Ganeshnarayan, Krishnaraj ^a   Shah, Suhagi M ^a   Libera, Matthew R ^b   Santostefano, Anthony ^a   Kaplan, Jeffrey B ^a,c  

^a RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Medical Science Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ALLURA REDS; AZO-DYE; BACTERIAL BIOFILMS; BACTERIAL CELLS; BIOCIDE RESISTANCES; BIOFILM MATRIXES; CETYL PYRIDINIUM CHLORIDES; DEGRADING ENZYMES; DISPERSIN B; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC MATRIXES; FLUID CONVECTIONS; FLUID FLOWS; IN-VITRO; MATRIXES; N-ACETYL-D-GLUCOSAMINE; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

AMINES; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AZO DYES; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; CORROSION PREVENTION; ENZYMES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BACTERIUM; BIOACTIVITY; BIOFILM; CATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUID FLOW; PATHOGEN; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACTANT;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; AZO COMPOUNDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GLUCANS; BIOFILMS; CETYLPYRIDINIUM; CONVECTION; DIFFUSION; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUS;

EID: 61649094285     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01900-08     Document Type: Article

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