Bacterial strains isolated from different niches can exhibit different patterns of adhesion to substrata

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3758-3760

  Bakker, Dewi P ^a   Postmus, Bart R ^a   Busscher, Henk J ^a   Van Der Mei, Henny C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BACTERIA; ELASTICITY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL STRAINS; MEDICAL ENVIRONMENT;

MICROBIOLOGY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BINDING AFFINITY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENERGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SEAWATER; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 2942625479     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.6.3758-3760.2004     Document Type: Article

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