Measurement of local diffusion coefficients in biofilms by microinjection and confocal microscopy

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-158

  De Beer, Dirk ^a   Stoodley, Paul ^a   Lewandowski, Zbigniew ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biofilm structure; biofilms; diffusivity; mass transport in biofilms

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DYES; MASS TRANSFER; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PROTEINS;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCEIN; LOCAL DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; MICROINJECTION; PHYCOERYTHRIN;

BIOFILMS;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0031012387     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970120)53:2<151::AID-BIT4>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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