Rapid quantitative and qualitative analysis of biofilm production by Staphylococcus epidermidis under static growth conditions

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1106, Issue , 2014, Pages 157-166

  Waters, Elaine M ^a   McCarthy, Hannah ^b   Hogan, Siobhan ^c   Zapotoczna, Marta ^c   O'Neill, Eoghan ^c   O'Gara, James P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

96 well plate; Biofilm dispersal; Conditioning film; Extracellular matrix proteins; Static biofilm assay

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; FIBRONECTIN; POLYSTYRENE; PROTEINASE K; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL SURFACE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMOBILIZATION; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84934435395     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-736-5_14     Document Type: Article

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