Surface-grafted, environmentally sensitive polymers for biofilm release

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1603-1609

  Ista, Linnea K ^a   Pérez Luna, Víctor H ^a   López, Gabriel P ^a  

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING AGENT; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COBETIA MARINA; HALOMONAS; HALOMONAS MARINA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0344076347     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.4.1603-1609.1999     Document Type: Article

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