Biofilms of a Bacillus subtilis Hospital Isolate Protect Staphylococcus aureus from Biocide Action

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Bridier, Arnaud ^a   de Sanchez Vizuete, Marial Pilar ^a   Le Coq, Dominique ^a,b   Aymerich, Stéphane ^a   Meylheuc, Thierry ^a   Maillard, Jean Yves ^c   Thomas, Vincent ^d   Dubois Brissonnet, Florence ^a   Briandet, Romain ^a  

^a UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d STERIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDE; PERACETIC ACID;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCIDE RESISTANCE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DISINFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDOSCOPE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONGO RED; DISINFECTANTS; HOSPITALS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PERACETIC ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84866020809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044506     Document Type: Article

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