Tryptophan inhibits biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1921-1925

  Brandenburg, Kenneth S ^a   Rodriguez, Karien J ^a   McAnulty, Jonathan F ^a   Murphy, Christopher J ^b,c   Abbott, Nicholas L ^d   Schurr, Michael J ^e   Czuprynski, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM SWIMMING MOTILITY; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TISSUE CULTURE;

BIOFILMS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84875206994     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00007-13     Document Type: Article

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