Biofilm-"city of microbes" or an analogue of multicellular organisms?

Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-138

  Nikolaev, Yu A ^a   Plakunov, V K ^a  

^a WINOGRADSKY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Microorganisms; Structured microbial communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247324720     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0026261707020014     Document Type: Review

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