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Pseudomonas fluorescens tolerance to benzyldimethyldodecyl ammonium chloride: Altered phenotype and cross-resistance.
Journal of global antimicrobial resistance - 1 Dec 2018
Sousa-Silva Maria, Simões Manuel, Melo Luís, Machado Idalina
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OBJECTIVES: Benzyldimethyldodecyl ammonium chloride (BDMDAC) is a quaternary ammonium compound (QAC) with bactericidal action that is used as an active molecule in detergent formulations. Pseudomonas fluorescens is a Gram-negative bacterium with versatile metabolism that is frequently present in biofilms on industrial surfaces. This work reports P. fluorescens adaptation to BDMDAC and subsequent concurrent...
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