Distribution of bacterial growth activity in flow-chamber biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4108-4117

  Sternberg, Claus ^a   Christensen, Bjarke B ^a   Johansen, Tove ^a   Nielsen, Alex Toftgaard ^a   Andersen, Jens Bo ^a   Givskov, Michael ^a   Molin, Søren ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM; GROWTH; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOIL TREATMENT; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0032851953     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.4108-4117.1999     Document Type: Article

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