Studies on the inactivation of medically important Candida species on agar surfaces using pulsed light

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 956-966

  Farrell, Hugh ^a   Garvey, Mary ^a   Rowan, Neil ^a  

^a Athletic Rehabilitation Therapy Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Candida; Pulsed light; Surface decontamination; UV

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CELL COUNT; CELL DESTRUCTION; ENERGY; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEATING; IRRADIATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREACTIVATION; POPULATION SIZE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST CELL;

CANDIDA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; LIGHT; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA;

EID: 68849121996     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2009.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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