Center for Biofilm Engineering

Transport Limitations

Anderl, J. N., Franklin, M. J., and P. S. Stewart. (2000) Role of antibiotic penetration limitation in Klebsiella pneumoniae biofilm resistance to ampicillin and ciprofloxacin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 44(7):1818-1824.

Stewart, P. S., McFeters, G. A., and C.-T. Huang. (2000) Biofilm control by antimicrobial agents. In: Biofilms, 2cd edition, J. D. Bryers (Ed.). John Wiley & Sons, New York.

Cochran, W. L., McFeters, G. A., and P. S. Stewart. (2000) Reduced susceptibility of thin Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms to hydrogen peroxide and monochloramine. J Appl Microbiol 88:22-30.

Stewart P. S., Roe, F., Rayner, J., Elkins, J. G., Lewandowski, Z., Ochsner, U. A., Hassett, D. J. (2000) Effect of catalase on hydrogen peroxide penetration into Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. Appl Environ Microbiol, 66:836-838.

Stewart, P. S., Grab, L., and J. A. Diemer. (1998) Analysis of biocide transport limitation in an artificial biofilm system. J Appl Microbiol 85:495-500.

Stewart, P. S. (1998) A review of experimental measurements of effective diffusive permeabilities and effective diffusion coefficients in biofilms. Biotechnol Bioeng. 59:261-272.

Vrany, J. D., Stewart, P. S., and P. A. Suci. (1997) Comparison of recalcitrance to ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin exhibited by Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms displaying rapid-transport characteristics. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 41:1352-1358.

Stewart, P.S. Theoretical aspects of antibiotic diffusion into microbial biofilms. (1996) Antimicrob Agents Chemother 40:2517-2522.

Chen, X., and P.S. Stewart. (1996) Chlorine penetration into artificial biofilm is limited by a reaction-diffusion interaction. Environ Sci Technol 30:2078-2083.

Xu, X., Stewart, P.S., and X. Chen. (1996) Transport limitation of chlorine disinfection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa entrapped in alginate beads. Biotechnol Bioeng 49:93-100.

de Beer, D., Srinivasan, R., and P.S. Stewart. (1994) Direct measurement of chlorine penetration into biofilms during disinfection. Appl Environ Microbiol 60:4339-4344.

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24 June, 2008