The use of ultrasonic imaging to evaluate the effect of protozoan grazing and movement on the topography of bacterial biofilms

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 364-370

  Parry, J D ^a   Holmes, A K ^b   Unwin, M E ^b   Laybourn Parry, J ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Microcolonies; Protozoa; Topography; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PROTOZOA; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACTERIAL BIOFILM; CO-CULTURES; KLEBSIELLA; MICROCOLONIES; NONDESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUES;

TOPOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; GRAZING; IMAGING METHOD; PROTOZOAN; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRASONICS;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CILIATE; DIALYSIS MEMBRANE; FLAGELLATE; GRAZING; IMAGING; KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; MICROSCOPY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEOBODO DESIGNIS; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 34848858936     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02213.x     Document Type: Article

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