Modelling bacterial growth patterns in the presence of antibiotic

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems, ICECCS

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 177-186

  Walshe, Ray ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; GENES; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PATHOGENS;

HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT (MDR) ORGANISMS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING (MLST); SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BACTERIOLOGY;

EID: 40949149870     PISSN: 27708527     EISSN: 27708535     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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