The biofilm matrix - An immobilized but dynamic microbial environment

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 222-227

  Sutherland, Ian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE; WATER;

BIOFILM; CELL HETEROGENEITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; ENZYMES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; WATER;

EID: 0035340694     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(01)02012-1     Document Type: Review

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