Morphological and biochemical changes in Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilms induced by sub-inhibitory exposure to antimicrobial agents

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-178

  Dynes, James J ^a   Lawrence, John R ^b   Korber, Darren R ^c   Swerhone, George D W ^b   Leppard, Gary G ^b   Hitchcock, Adam P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Biofilm; CLSM; NEXAFS; STXM

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL; BACTERIAL CELLS; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDES; BIO-MACROMOLECULES; BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES; CELL MORPHOLOGIES; CELLULAR DENSITIES; CLSM; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPIES; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; LECTIN BINDINGS; MATRIXES; MEMBRANE INTEGRITIES; NEXAFS; PROPIDIUM IODIDES; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SCANNING TRANSMISSION X-RAY MICROSCOPIES; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPECTRAL SIGNATURES; STXM; TRICLOSAN; TRISODIUM PHOSPHATES;

BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOPOLYMERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDES; SCANNING; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

CELL MEMBRANES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZALKONIUM; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; LECTIN; LIPID; PHOSPHATE TRISODIUM; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXOPOLYMER; INHIBITION; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CELL DENSITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; MACROMOLECULE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLATE COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; LIPID METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 65349186073     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W08-109     Document Type: Article

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