A Microtiter plate assay for staphylococcus aureus biofilm quantification at various pH levels and hydrogen peroxide supplementation

New Microbiologica

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-145

  Zmantar, Tarek ^a   Kouidhi, Bochra ^a   Miladi, Hanene ^a   Mahdouani, Kacem ^b   Bakhrouf, Amina ^a  

^a Centre Hospitalo Universitaire Ibn El Jazzar De Kairouan   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Hydrogen peroxide; Ica gene; Ph; Slime production; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE INTERCELLULAR ADHESIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77952725430     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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