SEM Analysis of Surface Impact on Biofilm Antibiotic Treatment

The aim of this work was to use scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to investigate the effect of ampicillin treatment on Escherichia coli biofilms formed on two surface materials with different properties, silicone (SIL) and glass (GLA). Epifluorescence microscopy (EM) was initially used to assess bi...

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Main Authors: Luciana Calheiros Gomes, Filipe José Mergulhão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi-Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Scanning
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2960194