Effect of antimicrobial nanocomposites on Vibrio cholerae lifestyles: Pellicle biofilm, planktonic and surface-attached biofilm

Anaid Meza-Villezcas; Ana L. Gallego-Hernández; Fitnat H. Yildiz; Oscar E. Jaime-Acuña; Oscar Raymond-Herrera; Alejandro Huerta-Saquero

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0217869

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Effect of antimicrobial nanocomposites on Vibrio cholerae lifestyles: Pellicle biofilm, planktonic and surface-attached biofilm

Anaid Meza-Villezcas,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, México, Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ensenada, Baja California, México
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Ana L. Gallego-Hernández ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ana.gallego@unison.mx (ALGH); saquero@cnyn.unam.mx (AHS)

Current address: Departamento de Investigación en Física, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, México

Affiliation Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7818-2244

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Fitnat H. Yildiz,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
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Oscar E. Jaime-Acuña,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ensenada, Baja California, México
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Oscar Raymond-Herrera,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ensenada, Baja California, México
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Alejandro Huerta-Saquero

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ana.gallego@unison.mx (ALGH); saquero@cnyn.unam.mx (AHS)

Affiliation Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ensenada, Baja California, México

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0156-6773

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Effect of antimicrobial nanocomposites on Vibrio cholerae lifestyles: Pellicle biofilm, planktonic and surface-attached biofilm

Anaid Meza-Villezcas,
Ana L. Gallego-Hernández,
Fitnat H. Yildiz,
Oscar E. Jaime-Acuña,
Oscar Raymond-Herrera,
Alejandro Huerta-Saquero

Published: June 12, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217869

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