Evolving perspectives of biofilm structure

Biofouling

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-90

  Stoodley, Paul ^a   Boyle, John D ^a   Debeer, Dirk ^b   Lappin Scott, Hilary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Confocal scanning laser microscopy; Drag; Hydrodynamics; Mass transfer; Structure

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROBE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032790634     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927019909378398     Document Type: Article

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