Comparative Study of Antibiofilm Activity of Copper Oxide and Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Against Multidrug Resistant Biofilm Forming Uropathogens

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 365-368

  Agarwala, Munin ^a   Choudhury, Bula ^b   Yadav, R N S ^a  

^a DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilm; CuO; Nanoparticles; Uropathogens

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901833822     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-014-0462-z     Document Type: Article

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