Spermine impairs biofilm formation by Neisseria gonorrhoeae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 343, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-69

  Goytia, Maira ^a   Dhulipala, Vijaya L ^a   Shafer, William M ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Gonococci; Polyamines

Indexed keywords

POLYAMINE; SPERMINE;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISPERSION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; LETTER; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SPERMINE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84877604992     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12130     Document Type: Letter

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