The mob response. The importance of biofilm research for combating chronic diseases and tackling contamination

EMBO Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 314-317

  Hunter, Philip ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTAMINATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; HEALTH; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SINUSITIS; TOOTH DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; UPREGULATION; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 48749101721     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2008.43     Document Type: Article

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