Ex vivo gingival-biofilm consortia

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 404-411

  Vitkov, L ^a,b   Hannig, M ^a   Krautgartner, W D ^b   Herrmann, M ^a   Fuchs, K ^c   Klappacher, M ^b   Hermann, A ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c Landeskrankenhaus Voecklabruck   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biofilm immaturity; Biofilm matrix; Biofilm sampling; Metabolic activity; Viability

Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BASIC CHARACTERISTICS; BIOFILM IMMATURITY; BIOFILM MATRIX; BIOFILM SAMPLING; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EX-VIVO; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; IN-VITRO; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; VIABILITY;

BIOFILMS;

DNA; RNA;

BIOFILM;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; FIMBRIA; GINGIVA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NEISSERIA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 27644494683     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01787.x     Document Type: Article

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