Stress tolerance of Methylobacterium biofilms in bathrooms

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-95

  Yano, Takehisa ^a   Kubota, Hiromi ^a   Hanai, Junya ^a   Hitomi, Jun ^a   Tokuda, Hajime ^a  

^a KAO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bathroom; Methylobacterium; Pink biofilm; Tolerance to cleaning agent components; Tolerance to drying

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BENZALKONIUM; DETERGENT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; RNA 16S; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CLASSIFICATION; DESICCATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; JAPAN; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOFILMS; DESICCATION; DETERGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; JAPAN; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84875180044     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME12146     Document Type: Article

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