A Method for Quantitative Determination of Biofilm Viability

In this study we present a scheme for quantitative determination of biofilm viability offering significant improvement over existing methods with metabolic assays. Existing metabolic assays for quantifying viable bacteria in biofilms usually utilize calibration curves derived from planktonic bacteri...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maria Strømme, Ken Welch, Yanling Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-06-01
Series:Journal of Functional Biomaterials
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-4983/3/2/418