Effects of Benzalkonium Chloride on Planktonic Growth and Biofilm Formation by Animal Bacterial Pathogens

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Ebrahimi, Azizollah ^a   Hemati, Majid ^a   Shabanpour, Ziba ^a   Dehkordi, Saeed Habibian ^a   Bahadoran, Shahab ^a   Lotalian, Sharareh ^a   Khoibani, Shahin ^a  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Benzalkonium Compounds; Biofilms; Salmonella; Staphylococcus; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016006048     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/jjm.16058     Document Type: Article

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