Cold plasma inactivation of bacterial biofilms and reduction of quorum sensing regulated virulence factors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Ziuzina, Dana ^a   Boehm, Daniela ^a   Patil, Sonal ^a   Cullen, P J ^b   Bourke, Paula ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; POLYPROPYLENE; PYOCYANINE; PLASMA GAS; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC COLD PLASMA; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CHO CELL LINE; CHO K1 CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; INHIBITION KINETICS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MONOCULTURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; XTT ASSAY; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; COLD; CRICETULUS; HAMSTER; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMA GAS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CHO CELLS; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLASMA GASES; QUORUM SENSING; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84946606517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138209     Document Type: Article

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