Local macromolecule diffusion coefficients in structurally non-uniform bacterial biofilms using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP)

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 462-473

  Bryers, James D ^a,c   Drummond, F ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Fluorescence recovery; Local diffusion coefficients; Macromolecule transport mechanism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; FLUORESCENCE; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING (FRAP);

BIOFILMS;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BIOFILMS; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE; GELS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0032553383     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19981120)60:4<462::AID-BIT8>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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