Evaluation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation using piezoelectric tuning forks mass sensors

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages 820-823

  Waszczuk, K ^a   Gula, G ^b   Swiatkowski, M ^a   Olszewski, J ^a   Drulis Kawa, Z ^b   Gutowicz, J ^b   Gotszalk, T ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bacterial biofilm; Tuning fork, mass sensor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

BACTERIAL BIOFILM; FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTIC; MASS SENSOR; MEASUREMENT RESOLUTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; RESONANT FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; TEMPERATURE INFLUENCE;

TUNING;

EID: 78650612723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2010.09.234     Document Type: Conference Paper

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