Atomic force microscopy analysis shows surface structure changes in carvacrol-treated bacterial cells

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-172

  La Storia, Antonietta ^a   Ercolini, Danilo ^a   Marinello, Francesco ^b   Di Pasqua, Rosangela ^a   Villani, Francesco ^a   Mauriello, Gianluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Carvacrol; Cell envelope; Essential oils; Food borne bacteria; Mechanism of action

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL SURFACE; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELL WALL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; ORIGANUM; THYMUS PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; ORIGANUM; POSIBACTERIA; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 79952104919     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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