Microtiter susceptibility testing of microbes growing on peg lids: A miniaturized biofilm model for high-throughput screening

Nature Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1236-1254

  Harrison, Joe J ^a   Stremick, Carol A ^b   Turner, Raymond J ^b   Allan, Nick D ^c   Olson, Merle E ^c   Ceri, Howard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Innovotech Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CULTIVATION TIME; CULTURE MEDIUM; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INOCULUM SIZE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL MOTION; PEG LIDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCKING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LISTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; LISTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77954281461     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2010.71     Document Type: Article

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