Bacterial adhesion: Seen any good biofilms lately?

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 155-166

  Dunne Jr , W Michael ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLYCOCALYX; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0036230576     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.15.2.155-166.2002     Document Type: Review

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