Sentences with phrase «planktonic growth»

Quave, C. L., Plano, L. R., Pantuso, T., and Bennett, B. C. Effects of extracts from Italian medicinal plants on planktonic growth, biofilm formation and adherence of methicillin - resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

At concentrations that did not affect the «planktonic growth» of free - swimming bacteria, 1018 treatment completely prevented biofilm formation and eradicated mature biofilms in both Gram - negative and Gram - positive bacteria, including the major resistant pathogens Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (or MRSA).