Biofilm, city of microbes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2675-2679

  Watnick, Paula ^a   Kolter, Roberto ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOFILM; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BIOFILMS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034015354     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.10.2675-2679.2000     Document Type: Short Survey

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