The Bead Assay for Biofilms: A Quick, Easy and Robust Method for Testing Disinfectants.

Bacteria live primarily in microbial communities (biofilms), where they exhibit considerably higher biocide tolerance than their planktonic counterparts. Current standardized efficacy testing protocols of disinfectants, however, employ predominantly planktonic bacteria. In order to test the efficacy...

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Main Authors: Katharina Konrat, Ingeborg Schwebke, Michael Laue, Christin Dittmann, Katja Levin, Ricarda Andrich, Mardjan Arvand, Christoph Schaudinn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4912112?pdf=render