The effect of alginate oligosaccharides on the mechanical properties of Gram-negative biofilms

Biofouling

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 413-421

  Powell, Lydia C ^a,b   Sowedan, Ahmed ^b   Khan, Saira ^a   Wright, Chris J ^b   Hawkins, Karl ^b   Onsøyen, Edvar ^c   Myrvold, Rolf ^c   Hill, Katja E ^a   Thomas, David W ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ALGIPHARMA AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

atomic force microscopy; biofilms; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; rheology

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMER; RHEOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAMINARIA; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHEAR STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ALGINATES; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTIC MODULUS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINARIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84876316421     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: 10292454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2013.777954     Document Type: Article

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