Bacterial biofilms, other structures seen as mainstream concepts

Microbe

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 231-237

  Schaudinn, Christoph ^a   Stoodley, Paul ^b,c   Kainović, Aleksandra ^d   O'Keeffe, Teresa ^d   Costerton, Bill ^a   Robinson, Douglas ^e   Baum, Marc ^d   Ehrlich, Garth ^d   Webster, Paul ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OAK CREST INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (United States)

^e DeNovo Biologic LLC   (United States)

^f HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 35348954890     PISSN: 15587452     EISSN: 15587460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbe.2.231.1     Document Type: Review

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