Application of atmospheric pressure nonthermal plasma for the in vitro eradication of bacterial biofilms

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 381-384

  Alkawareek, Mahmoud Y ^a   Algwari, Qais T ^a,b   Gorman, Sean P ^a   Graham, William G ^a   O'Connell, Deborah ^a,c   Gilmore, Brendan F ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure plasma; Biofilm eradication; Biofilms; Nonthermal plasma; Plasma medicine

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE NONTHERMAL PLASMA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOFILMS; DISINFECTANTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HELIUM; OXYGEN; PLASMA GASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862685326     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.00942.x     Document Type: Article

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