A new textile-based approach to assess the antimicrobial activity of volatiles

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 484-491

  Liebminger, Stefan ^a   Aichner, Martin ^a,b   Oberauner, Lisa ^a,b   Fürnkranz, Michael ^b   Cardinale, Massimiliano ^b   Berg, Gabriele ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING GMBH   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

confocal laser scanning microscopy; decontamination; gaseous antimicrobials; Polyester fibre

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DECONTAMINATION; FLUORESCENCE; IRRADIATION; POLYESTERS; TEXTILES; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; DECONTAMINATION TECHNIQUES; GASEOUS ANTIMICROBIALS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PLANT-ASSOCIATED BACTERIA; POLYESTER FIBRE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA;

EID: 84857483235     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: 17467748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517511429607     Document Type: Article

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