Spatial physiological heterogeneity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm is determined by oxygen availability

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4035-4039

  Xu, Karen D ^a   Stewart, Philip S ^a,b   Xia, Fuhu ^a   Huang, Ching Tsan ^a,c   McFeters, Gordon A ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Montana State University   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031710092     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.4035-4039.1998     Document Type: Article

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