Candida biofilms

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 608-611

  Kumamoto, Carol A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; POLYMER; PROTEIN;

BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNGAL CELL; HOST; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0036898971     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(02)00371-5     Document Type: Review

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