Biofilm formation and dispersal and the transmission of human pathogens

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-10

  Hall Stoodley, Luanne ^a   Stoodley, Paul ^a  

^a Allegheny Singer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; BIOFILM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL AGGREGATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 11444262730     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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