Absolute quantitation of bacterial biofilm adhesion and viscoelasticity by microbead force spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2935-2948

  Lau, Peter C Y ^a   Dutcher, John R ^a   Beveridge, Terry J ^a   Lam, Joseph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MICROBEAD FORCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SPECTROSCOPY; VISCOELASTICITY; BIOMECHANICS; COST; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

GLASS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MICROSPHERE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; BIOMECHANICS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLASS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSPHERES; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 67649337216     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.12.3943     Document Type: Article

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