Commensal interactions in a dual-species biofilm exposed to mixed organic compounds

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 4481-4485

  Cowan, S E ^a   Gilbert, E ^a   Liepmann, D ^a   Keasling, J D ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROETHANOL; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CRESOL;

BIOFILM; COMMENSALISM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLIC INHIBITION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WASTE WATER;

BIOFILMS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COCULTURE; CRESOLS; ETHYL CHLORIDE; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SUCCINATES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0033775378     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.10.4481-4485.2000     Document Type: Article

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