Biofilm formation as microbial development

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2000, Pages 49-79

  O'Toole, G ^a   Kaplan, H B ^a   Kolter, R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Communities; Environment; Fungi; Life cycle; Surface

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENT; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH REGULATION; LIFE CYCLE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MODEL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

BIOFILMS; CELL ADHESION; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033758602     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.54.1.49     Document Type: Review

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