Biofilms: At the interface between biophysics and microbiology

Food Biophysics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 94-114

  McLandsborough, L ^a   Rodriguez, A ^a   Perez Conesa D ^b   Weiss, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Campus de Espinardo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Antimicrobial; Biofilm; Characterization; Detergent; Growth; Propagation; Remediation; Sanitizer; Surfactant; Techniques; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746065330     PISSN: 15571858     EISSN: 15571866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11483-005-9004-x     Document Type: Review

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