Measurement of bacterial growth rates on polymers

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 271-278

  Barton, Alan J ^a   Sagers, Richard D ^b   Pitt, William G ^a  

^a 435 Crabtree Technology Building   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BACTERIA; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; SURFACES;

BACTERIAL GROWTH RATES; CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENTS; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYORTHOESTERS;

BIOMATERIALS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH RATE; IMPLANT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYMERS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030269989     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199610)32:2<271::AID-JBM17>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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