Biofilms

JK Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-17

  Kumar, Ashish ^a   Prasad, Ramjee ^a  

^a HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDE; CARBON; POLITEF; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYMER; SILASTIC; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; VITALLIUM;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA; CARBON SOURCE; CELL LOSS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DESICCATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METABOLIC CAPACITY; MICROBIAL CORROSION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 33745952166     PISSN: 09721177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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