Modeling Antibiotic Tolerance in Biofilms by Accounting for Nutrient Limitation

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-52

  Roberts, Mark E ^a   Stewart, Philip S ^a,b  

^a Montana State University   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BIOFILM; CALCULATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; INTRACELLULAR KILLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURE MEDIA; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 0346732025     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.1.48-52.2004     Document Type: Article

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