Viscoelasticity of biofilms and their recalcitrance to mechanical and chemical challenges

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 234-245

  Peterson, Brandon W ^a   He, Yan ^a   Ren, Yijin ^a   Zerdoum, Aidan ^b   Libera, Matthew R ^b   Sharma, Prashant K ^a   van Winkelhoff, Arie Jan ^a   Neut, Danielle ^a   Stoodley, Paul ^c,d   van der Mei, Henny C ^a   Busscher, Henk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial penetration; Biofilm; Detachment; Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS); Structure; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; VISCOELASTIC SUBSTANCE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOMECHANICS; CATHETER INFECTION; CHEMICAL STRESS; CRYOPRESERVATION; ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FORCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIQUID; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PH; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOLID; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; VISCOELASTICITY; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOFILMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84928205370     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuu008     Document Type: Review

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