Corneal Biofilms: From Planktonic to Microcolony Formation in an Experimental Keratitis Infection with Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Ocular Surface

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 331-345

  Saraswathi, Padmanabhan ^a   Beuerman, Roger W ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

biofilm; imaging; keratitis; microscopy; polymeric extracellular substance; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL KERATITIS; GLYCOCALYX; GRAM STAINING; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; POLYMERIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SLIT LAMP; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BIOFILM; C57BL MOUSE; CORNEA; DISEASE MODEL; KERATITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CORNEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; KERATITIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84970924667     PISSN: 15420124     EISSN: 19375913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtos.2015.07.001     Document Type: Article

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