Effects of medium carbon‐to‐nitrogen ratio on biofilm formation and plasmid stability

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 329-336

  Huang, Ching‐Tsan ^a   Peretti, Steven W ^b   Bryers, James D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biofilm formation; C N ratio; Escherichia coli; extracellular polysaccharide; plasmid retention

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CARBON; CELL CULTURE; COLIFORM BACTERIA; DNA; LOSSES; NITROGEN; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROBABILITY; PROTEINS; STABILITY;

BIOFILM FORMATION; CARBON TO NITROGEN RATIO; CELL REPLICATION; PLASMID RETENTION; PLASMID STABILITY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

CARBON; NITROGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID;

EID: 0028473816     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.260440310     Document Type: Article

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