Quantitative effects of medium hardness and nutrient availability on the swarming motility of serratia liquefaciens

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 565-587

  Bees, M A ^a,b   Andresen P ^b   Mosekilde, E ^b   Givskov, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERRATIA; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SERRATIA;

BIOFILMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SERRATIA;

EID: 0036561931     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bulm.2002.0287     Document Type: Article

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