Biofilm-control strategies based on enzymic disruption of the extracellular polymeric substance matrix - A modelling study

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3817-3832

  Xavier, Joao B ^a,b   Picioreanu, Cristian ^b   Abdul Rani, Suriani ^a   van Loosdrecht, Mark C M ^b   Stewart, Philip S ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GROWTH RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOPOLYMERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 29244481508     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28165-0     Document Type: Article

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