Quantification of biofilm production on polystyrene by Listeria, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a poultry slaughterhouse

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1082-1085

  Rodrigues, Laura Beatriz ^a,b   dos Santos, Luciana Ruschel ^a   Tagliari, Vinícius Zancanaro ^a   Rizzo, Natalie Nadin ^a   Trenhago, Graciela ^a   de Oliveira, Amauri Picollo ^a   Goetz, Franciane ^a   do Nascimento, Vladimir Pinheiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Escherichia coli; Listeria; Polystyrene; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA WELSHIMERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77956795016     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822010000400029     Document Type: Article

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