Bacterial wetting agents working in colonization of bacteria on surface environments

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 207-214

  Matsuyama, Tohey ^a   Nakagawa, Yoji ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial wetting agents; Colony; Fractal; Multicellular behvior; Surface environments

Indexed keywords

WETTING AGENT;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0030298258     PISSN: 09277765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0927-7765(96)01300-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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