Spatial organization of microbial biofilm communities

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 75-84

  Tolker Nielsen, T ^a   Molin, S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

EID: 0033793385     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002480000057     Document Type: Article

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