Biofilms and the plasmid maintenance question

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-204

  Imran, Mudassar ^a   Jones, Don ^a   Smith, Hal ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial wall growth; Biofilm; Chemostat; Conjugation; Model; Plasmid; Plug flow; Segregation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHEMOSTATS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC POLYMERS;

CONJUGATIVE PLASMID ENCODING; PLASMIDS; PLUG FLOW ENVIRONMENT;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILM; CHEMOSTAT; GROWTH RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLASMID;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMOSTAT; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC CODE; GROWTH RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PLASMID; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 14644403102     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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