Study of the response of a biofilm bacterial community to UV radiation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2025-2031

  Elasri, Mohamed O ^a,b   Miller, Robert V ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PSORALEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RADIATION DOSE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032958583     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.5.2025-2031.1999     Document Type: Article

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