Significance of the spatial distribution of microbial species in mixed-population biofilms

Biofouling

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-136

  Okabe, Satoshi ^a   Hirata, Kikuko ^b   Watanabe, Yoshimasa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Pacific Consultants   (Japan)

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EID: 0030908204     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927019709378324     Document Type: Article

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