Physiological heterogeneity in biofilms

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-210

  Stewart, Philip S ^a,b   Franklin, Michael J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LASERS; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 39149100341     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1838     Document Type: Review

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