Lab-scale preparations of candida albicans and dual candida albicans-candida glabrata biofilms on the surface of medical-grade polyvinyl chloride (pvc) perfusion tube using a modified gravity-supported free-flow biofilm incubator (gs-ffbi)

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 109, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-48

  Shao, Jing ^a   Lu, KeQiao ^a   Tian, Ge ^a   Cui, YanYan ^a   Yan, YuanYuan ^a   Wang, TianMing ^a   Zhang, XinLong ^a   Wang, ChangZhong ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Candida glabrata; Flow model; Gravity; Mixed biofilm; Polyvinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; 2,3-BIS(2-METHOXY-4-NITRO-5-SULFOPHENYL)-5-((PHENYLAMINO)CARBONYL)-2H-TETRAZOLIUM HYDROXIDE; TETRAZOLIUM;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CELL ADHESION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; FUNGAL METABOLISM; GRAVITY SUPPORTED FREE FLOW BIOFILM INCUBATOR; INCUBATOR; NONHUMAN; BACTERIAL COUNT; DEVICES; GRAVITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINING; SYMBIOSIS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA;

BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; GRAVITATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; STAINING AND LABELING; SYMBIOSIS; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS;

EID: 84919775610     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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