Biofilm formation by the rapidly growing mycobacterial species Mycobacterium fortuitum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-84

  Hall Stoodley, Luanne ^a   Lappin Scott, Hilary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Laminar flow; Mycobacterium fortuitum; Rapidly growing mycobacterium

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; RUBBER;

EID: 0032211898     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00422-4     Document Type: Article

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