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Application of atmospheric pressure nonthermal plasma for the in vitro eradication of bacterial biofilms

  1. Mahmoud Y. Alkawareek1,
  2. Qais T. Algwari2,3,
  3. Sean P. Gorman1,
  4. William G. Graham2,
  5. Deborah O'Connell2,4,
  6. Brendan F. Gilmore1,*

Article first published online: 12 MAR 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.00942.x

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FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology

FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology

Special Issue: Biofilms II

Volume 65, Issue 2, pages 381–384, July 2012

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Alkawareek, M. Y., Algwari, Q. T., Gorman, S. P., Graham, W. G., O'Connell, D. and Gilmore, B. F. (2012), Application of atmospheric pressure nonthermal plasma for the in vitro eradication of bacterial biofilms. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, 65: 381–384. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.00942.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    School of Pharmacy, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, UK

  2. 2

    Centre for Plasma Physics, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, UK

  3. 3

    Department of Electronics, College of Electronic Engineering, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq

  4. 4

    York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York, York, UK

*Correspondence: Brendan F. Gilmore, Queen's University of Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK. Tel.: +44 (0) 28 90 972 047; fax: +44 (0) 28 90 247 794; e-mail: b.gilmore@qub.ac.uk

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 15 JUN 2012
  2. Article first published online: 12 MAR 2012
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 13 FEB 2012 12:56PM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 6 FEB 2012
  5. Manuscript Revised: 16 DEC 2011
  6. Manuscript Received: 14 OCT 2011

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  • Career Acceleration Fellowship. Grant Number: EP/H003797/1

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