Establishment of new genetic traits in a microbial biofilm community

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2247-2255

  Christensen, Bjarke B ^a   Sternberg, Claus ^a   Andersen, Jens Bo ^a   Eberl, Leo ^b   Møller, Søren ^c   Givskov, Michael ^a   Molin, Søren ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYL ALCOHOL;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL VIABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0031799673     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.6.2247-2255.1998     Document Type: Article

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