Antigen 43 facilitates formation of multispecies biofilms

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 695-702

  Kjaergaard K ^a   Schembri, M A ^a   Ramos, C ^a   Molin, S ^a   Klemm, P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0034551739     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2000.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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