Hypothesis for the role of nutrient starvation in biofilm detachment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7418-7425

  Hunt, Stephen M ^a   Werner, Erin M ^a   Huang, Baochuan ^a   Hamilton, Martin A ^a   Stewart, Philip S ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; BIOFILMS; CELLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BIOFILM SLOUGHING; BIOFILM SYSTEMS; NUTRIENT STARVATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

NUTRITION;

BIOFILM; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; WATER FLOW;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STARVATION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 10444288901     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.12.7418-7425.2004     Document Type: Article

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