Selected antimicrobial essential oils eradicate pseudomonas spp. And Staphylococcus aureus biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4057-4061

  Kavanaugh, Nicole L ^a   Ribbeck, Katharina ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; PSEUDOMONAS SPP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BALSAM; BALSAM PERU; ESSENTIAL OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; ESSENTIAL OIL;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; CINNAMOMUM; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYMUS (PLANT);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BALSAMS; BIOFILMS; CINNAMOMUM; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THYMUS PLANT;

PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84864094475     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07499-11     Document Type: Article

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