A more unifying hypothesis for biofilm structures

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-183

  Van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^a   Picioreanu, Cristian ^a   Heijnen, Josephus J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Cellular automaton; Model; Structure

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HYPOTHESIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030666809     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00064-0     Document Type: Article

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