Effects of antibacterial agents and drugs monitored by atomic force microscopy

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 230-244

  Longo, Giovanni ^a,b   Kasas, Sandor ^a,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY; NANOMECHANICAL PROPERTY; NANOMETRIC RESOLUTION; NANOSCALE RESOLUTIONS; REAL TIME INTERACTIONS; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT;

BACTERIA;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERICIDE; BIOPOLYMER; CHITOSAN; ESSENTIAL OIL; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NANOMATERIAL; NEW DRUG; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYMER; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SILVER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; METHANOSPIRILLUM HUNGATEI; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NANOSENSOR; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; SPECTROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROMANIPULATION; PROCEDURES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CELL SIZE; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR IMAGING;

EID: 84898540799     PISSN: 19395116     EISSN: 19390041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1258     Document Type: Review

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