Effect of growth conditions and substratum composition on the persistence of coliforms in mixed-population biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4014-4018

  Camper, Anne K ^a   Jones, Warren L ^a   Hayes, Jason T ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCARBONATE; STEEL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA; BIOFILM; COLIFORM BACTERIA; GROWTH CONDITIONS; PERSISTENCE; SUBSTRATUM COMPOSITION;

EID: 0029660273     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.11.4014-4018.1996     Document Type: Article

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