A flow chamber assay for quantitative evaluation of bacterial surface colonization used to investigate the influence of temperature and surface hydrophilicity on the biofilm forming capacity of uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-140

  Andersen, Thomas Emil ^a,c   Kingshott, Peter ^b   Palarasah, Yaseelan ^a   Benter, Maike ^c   Alei, Mojagan ^c   Kolmos, Hans Jørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Nanon A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biomaterial associated infection; Clinical isolates; E. coli; Quantitative biofilm assay; Surface chemistry

Indexed keywords

SILASTIC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CHAMBER ASSAY; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERATURE; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77951970158     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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