Temperature and pH affect the production of bacterial biofilm

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-78

  Hostacka A ^a   Ciznar I ^a   Stefkovicova M ^b  

^a SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b Regional Public Health Authority   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; CRYSTAL VIOLET;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PH; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STAINING; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BIOFILMS; COLORING AGENTS; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAINING AND LABELING; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE NON-O1; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77949889790     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12223-010-0012-y     Document Type: Article

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