Viscoelastic properties of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis mono-microbial biofilms

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 634-641

  Di Stefano, Antonio ^a   D'Aurizio, Eleonora ^a   Trubiani, Oriana ^b   Grande, Rossella ^a   Di Campli, Emanuela ^a   Di Giulio, Mara ^a   Di Bartolomeo, Soraya ^a   Sozio, Piera ^a   Iannitelli, Antonio ^a   Nostro, Antonia ^c   Cellini, Luigina ^a  

^a Department of Drug Sciences   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ELASTICITY; HEMOLYSIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VISCOELASTIC SUBSTANCES; VISCOSITY;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 70849131108     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2009.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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