Heterogeneity in biofilms

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 661-671

  Wimpenny, Julian ^a   Manz, Werner ^b   Szewzyk, Ulrich ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Development; Functional heterogeneity; Species diversity; Structure

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ECOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENOTYPE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEM; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES;

ALGAE; BURKHOLDERIA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0033764783     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(00)00052-8     Document Type: Review

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