Combating biofilms

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-157

  Yang, Liang ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Wu, Hong ^b   Song, Zhijun ^c   Høiby, Niels ^c   Molin, Søren ^a   Givskov, Michael ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attachment; Biofilm; Development; Dispersion; Inhibition; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOSURFACTANT; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; MICROBICIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE INTERCELLULAR ADHESIN; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; DISPERSION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; SHORT SURVEY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOFILMS; DISINFECTION; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS;

EID: 84862698478     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2011.00858.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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