Considering the first steps toward a stable and orderly way of bacterial life

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1392-1394

  Otto, Karen ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOFILM; COLLOID; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIFE CYCLE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NOTE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS;

EID: 48349137104     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060180     Document Type: Review

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