Klebsiella pneumoniae flocculation dynamics

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 745-768

  Bortz, D M ^a   Jackson, T L ^b   Taylor, K A ^c   Thompson, A P ^d   Younger, J G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Flocculation; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Parameter identification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOCCULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOFILMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOCCULATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 41049091187     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-007-9277-y     Document Type: Article

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