Use of merocyanine 540 for photodynamic inactivation of Staphylococcus aureus planktonic and biofilm cells

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6453-6458

  Lin, Hsiao Yin ^a   Chen, Chin Tin ^b   Huang, Ching Tsan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CELLS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PHOTOSENSITIZERS;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BINDING EFFICIENCY; PLANKTONIC EXPERIMENTS;

BACTERIA;

MEROCYANINE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; EXCITATION; INCUBATION TIME; IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMICS; PLANKTON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; LIGHT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANKTON; PYRIMIDINONES; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 8744233192     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.11.6453-6458.2004     Document Type: Article

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