Atmospheric pressure plasma: A high-performance tool for the efficient removal of biofilms

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Fricke, Katja ^a   Koban, Ina ^b   Tresp, Helena ^a,c   Jablonowski, Lukasz ^b   Schröder, Karsten ^a   Kramer, Axel ^b   Weltmann, Klaus Dieter ^a   von Woedtke, Thomas ^a   Kocher, Thomas ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c Centre for Innovation Competence Plasmatis   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; OXYGEN; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FUNGAL CELL; MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA GAS; THICKNESS;

ARGON; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; HUMANS; KETONES; OXYGEN; PLASMA GASES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; TIME FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 84864678531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042539     Document Type: Article

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