Spatial variations in growth rate within Klebsiella pneumoniae colonies and biofilm

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 316-321

  Wentland, Eric J ^a   Stewart, Philip S ^a   Huang, Ching Tsan ^c   McFeters, Gordon A ^b  

^a Montana State University   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STAINING;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; BIOFILMS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; STAINING AND LABELING;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CELLS; FILM GROWTH; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYCARBONATES; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; AGAR PLATES; BACTERIAL COLONIES; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

GROWTH KINETICS;

EID: 0030131704     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp9600243     Document Type: Article

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