Grazing resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms depends on type of protective mechanism, developmental stage and protozoan feeding mode

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1593-1601

  Weitere, Markus ^a,b   Bergfeld, Tanja ^a,c   Rice, Scott A ^a   Matz, Garsten ^a,d   Kjelleberg, Staffan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TETRAHYMENA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOFILMS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TETRAHYMENA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; BODO SALTANS; CILIOPHORA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHYNCHOMONAS NASUTA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA SP.;

EID: 25144476612     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00851.x     Document Type: Article

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