Antimicrobial effect of chitosan nanoparticles on Streptococcus mutans biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3892-3895

  de Paz, Luis E Chávez ^a   Resin, Anton ^b   Howard, Kenneth A ^b   Sutherland, Duncan S ^b   Wejse, Peter L ^c  

^a MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Arla Foods   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL EFFECTS; CHITOSAN NANOPARTICLES; CONFOCAL SCANNING LASER MICROSCOPY; DEACETYLATION; NANOCOMPLEXES; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ACETYLATION; CHITOSAN; MULTILAYERS; NANOPARTICLES;

MICROORGANISMS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHITOSAN; NANOPARTICLE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CELL ORGANELLE; CHITIN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CHITOSAN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOPARTICLES; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 79958263911     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02941-10     Document Type: Article

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