Discovery of a biofilm electrocline using real-time 3D metabolite analysis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 50, 2011, Pages 19996-20001

  Koley, Dipankar ^a   Ramsey, Matthew M ^a   Bard, Allen J ^a   Whiteley, Marvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Local redox microenvironment; Reduced pyocyanin layer; Square wave voltammetry; Ultramicroelectrode

Indexed keywords

IRON; PYOCYANINE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; METABOLITE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOFILMS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; IRON; METABOLOME; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCYANINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84055178993     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1117298108     Document Type: Article

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