A computer investigation of chemically mediated detachment in bacterial biofilms

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1155-1163

  Hunt, Stephen M ^a   Hamilton, Martin A ^a   Sears, John T ^a   Harkin, Gary ^a   Reno, Jason ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CELL DENSITY; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; DIFFUSION; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 0037516681     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26134-0     Document Type: Review

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