Structural analysis of biofilm formation by rapidly and slowly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2091-2098

  Williams, Margaret M ^a,b   Yakrus, Mitchell A ^b   Arduino, Matthew J ^a   Cooksey, Robert C ^b   Crane, Christina B ^a   Banerjee, Shailen N ^a   Hilborn, Elizabeth D ^c   Donlan, Rodney M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH SYSTEMS; BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT; BIOFILM FORMATIONS; BIOFILM GROWTHS; BIOFILM STRUCTURES; CLINICAL ISOLATES; GROWTH CONDITIONS; MICROBIAL FLORAS; NUTRIENT LEVELS; POTABLE WATER SUPPLIES; POTABLE WATER SYSTEMS; QUANTITATIVE IMAGE ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE MATERIALS;

BIOFILMS; HEALTH CARE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENTS; POTABLE WATER; STAINLESS STEEL; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

BIOFILTERS;

DRINKING WATER; POLYCARBONATE; STAINLESS STEEL;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING WATER; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH CARE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD; NUTRIENT; STEEL; SUBSTRATE; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BATCH PROCESS; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM; TIME FACTORS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC);

EID: 63849202991     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00166-09     Document Type: Article

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