Bacterial communication and group behavior

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1288-1290

  Greenberg, E Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GROUP BEHAVIOR; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL POPULATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0347986776     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI200320099     Document Type: Review

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