Low concentrations of ethanol stimulate biofilm and pellicle formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 178-181

  Tashiro, Yosuke ^a,b   Inagaki, Aya ^a   Ono, Kaori ^a   Inaba, Tomohiro ^a   Yawata, Yutaka ^a,c   Uchiyama, Hiroo ^a   Nomura, Nobuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Ethanol; Exopolysaccharide; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

BIOFILM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BIOFILMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84925884600     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2014.877828     Document Type: Note

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