Use of a new gelling agent (Eladium©) as an alternative to agar-agar and its adaptation to screen biofilm-forming yeasts

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1095-1102

  Gognies, Sabine ^a   Belarbi, Abdel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Dynamic growth; Eladium ; Gelling agent; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ANTI-FUNGAL; BIOFILM PRODUCTION; DYNAMIC GROWTH; GELLING AGENTS; HUMAN PATIENTS; YEAST CELL;

BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; GELATION;

YEAST;

AGAR; ELADIUM; GELLING AGENT; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR; BIOFILM; FUNGUS; GEL; IMMUNOASSAY; POLYSACCHARIDE; RHIZOBACTERIUM; VIRULENCE; YEAST;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; RHIZOBIUM; SACCHAROMYCES BAYANUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

AGAR; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA; CELL ADHESION; CULTURE MEDIA; GELS; PICHIA; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RHIZOBIUM; SACCHAROMYCES; VIRULENCE; YEASTS;

EID: 78149413429     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2800-3     Document Type: Article

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