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Open AccessPortable and affordable cold air plasma source with optimized bactericidal effect
The paper reports a low-cost handheld source of a cold air plasma intended for biomedical applications that can be made by anyone (detailed technical information and a step-by-step guide for creating the NTP s...
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Open AccessEffect of Transient Spark Discharge and Plasma Activated Water Treatments against Fusarium graminearum Infected Wheat Grains under Laboratory Conditions
Over the last decade, more and more attention has been paid to applications of non-thermal plasma in agriculture, where it is used to decontaminate various microorganisms and to improve the seed germination. I...
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Combination of non-thermal plasma and subsequent antibiotic treatment for biofilm re-development prevention
The influence of non-thermal plasma (NTP) treatment on the prevention of antibiotic resistance of microbial biofilms was studied. Staphylococcus epidermidis and Escherichia coli bacteria and a yeast Candida albic...
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Use of non-thermal plasma pre-treatment to enhance antibiotic action against mature Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms
Non-thermal plasma (NTP), generated at atmospheric pressure by DC cometary discharge with a metallic grid, and antibiotics (gentamicin—GTM, ceftazidime—CFZ and polymyxin B—PMB), either alone or in combination,...
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Modeling of concentric pattern of Serratia marcescens colony
Serratia marcescens forms different colony patterns under distinct conditions. One of them is the concentric fountain-shaped pattern with pigmented center followed by unpigmented ring and pigmented rim. In this w...
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Medically important biofilms and non-thermal plasma
In recent decades, the non-thermal plasma, i.e. partially or completely ionized gas produced by electric discharges at ambient temperature, has become of interest for its microbiocidal properties with potentia...
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Open AccessInfluence of non-thermal plasma on structural and electrical properties of globular and nanostructured conductive polymer polypyrrole in water suspension
Non-thermal plasma has proved its benefits in medicine, plasma assisted polymerization, food industry and many other fields. Even though, the ability of non-thermal plasma to modify surface properties of vario...
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Comparing the biocidal properties of non-thermal plasma sources by reference protocol
The previously proposed reference protocol enabling easy comparison of biocidal properties of different non-thermal plasma sources has been followed and discussed. For inactivation tests the reference protoco...
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The fitness change and the diversity maintenance in the growing mixed colony of two Serratia rubidaea clones
We extend the palette of possible colonies models of two different clones of Serratia rubidaea. Our model fits the real morphology of the colonies. We also present that the colony growth leads to a change in the ...
