What drives bacteria to produce a biofilm?

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-173

  Jefferson, Kimberly K ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Genetics; Microbial communities

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; GENE TRANSFER; GLYCOCALYX; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYLOBATIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 3142574629     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.06.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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