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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52300#.VI-glcnQrzE Author(s)    Utku K. Ercan 1 , Siddharth S. Joshi 1 , Adam Yost 1 , Natalie Gogotsi 1 , Sean O’Toole 1 , Michelle Paff 1 , Eric Melchior 1 , Suresh G. Joshi 1,2* Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA . 2 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA . ABSTRACT Biofilms act as a reservoir of infection, and periodically release cells in vicinity that are capable of developing new biofilm colonies and disseminate infection. Many chronic bacterial infections are serio...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51188#.VFsmomfHRK0 Author(s)   Barbara Speranza , Angela Racioppo , Antonio Bevilacqua , Milena Sinigaglia , Clelia Altieri Affiliation(s) Department of the Science of Agriculture, Food and Environment (SAFE), University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy . ABSTRACT In the present investigation, the sensitivity of different direct microbial count procedures applied on systems containing both planktonics and sessiles was tested. The direct count pour plate was compared with direct epifluorescent microscopic enumerations in order to evaluate the efficiency of the studied techniques in giving information about microbial activity or viab...

Read full paper at： http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50653#.VEh6yFfHRK0 Author(s)   Andréa Cristina Barbosa da Silva 1* , Rafael Nóbrega Stipp 2 , Renata de Oliveira Mattos-Graner 2 , Fábio Correia Sampaio 3 , Demetrius Antônio Machado de Araújo 4 Affiliation(s) 1 Graduate Program in Dentistry, Center of Sciences, Technology and Health, State University of Paraiba, UEPB, Campina Grande, Brazil . 2 Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Sao Paulo, Brazil . 3 Department of Clinical and Social Dentistry, Health Science Center, Brazilian Northeast Network on Biotechnology, Federal University of Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, Brazil . 4 Department of Biotechnology, Center of Biotechnology, Brazilian Northeast Network on ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50653#.VEh2fVfHRK0 Author(s)   Andréa Cristina Barbosa da Silva 1* , Rafael Nóbrega Stipp 2 , Renata de Oliveira Mattos-Graner 2 , Fábio Correia Sampaio 3 , Demetrius Antônio Machado de Araújo 4 Affiliation(s) 1 Graduate Program in Dentistry, Center of Sciences, Technology and Health, State University of Paraiba, UEPB, Campina Grande, Brazil . 2 Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Sao Paulo, Brazil . 3 Department of Clinical and Social Dentistry, Health Science Center, Brazilian Northeast Network on Biotechnology, Federal University of Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, Brazil . 4 Department of Biotechnology, Center of Biotechnology, Brazilian Northeast Network on ...