Co-Culture with Listeria monocytogenes within a Dual-Species Biofilm Community Strongly Increases Resistance of Pseudomonas putida to Benzalkonium Chloride

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Giaouris, Efstathios ^a   Chorianopoulos, Nikos ^b   Doulgeraki, Agapi ^a,c   Nychas, George John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; COCULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISINFECTION; FOOD PROCESSING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SESSILE SPECIES;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOFILMS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 84885407523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077276     Document Type: Article

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