Spatial Arrangements and Associative Behavior of Species in an in Vitro Oral Biofilm Model

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1343-1350

  Guggenheim, M ^a   Shapiro, S ^a   Gmur R ^a   Guggenheim, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACTINOMYCES; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM; GINGIVA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; TOOTH PLAQUE; VEILLONELLA;

ACTINOMYCES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; DENTAL PLAQUE; FUSOBACTERIUM; GINGIVA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; VEILLONELLA;

EID: 0035289823     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.3.1343-1350.2001     Document Type: Article

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