Localization and extinction of bacterial populations under inhomogeneous growth conditions

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-80

  Lin, Anna L ^a,b   Mann, Bernward A ^a   Torres Oviedo, Gelsy ^a   Lincoln, Bryan ^a   Käs, Josef ^a   Swinney, Harry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; SIMULATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 3042733157     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.103.034041     Document Type: Article

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