The interaction of phage and biofilms

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Sutherland, Ian W ^a   Hughes, Kevin A ^b   Skillman, Lucy C ^c   Tait, Karen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^d PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Exopolysaccharide; Lysis; Phage; Polysaccharase; Virus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; CELL INTERACTION; CYTOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOFILMS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RECEPTORS, VIRUS;

EID: 1542321189     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(04)00041-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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