Influence of electric fields and pH on biofilm structure as related to the bioelectric effect

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1876-1879

  Stoodley, Paul ^a   DeBeer, Dirk ^b   Lappin Scott, Hilary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOFILM; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; HYDROGEN BOND; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0030824381     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.9.1876     Document Type: Article

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