Bacterial growth and motility in sub-micron constrictions

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 35, 2009, Pages 14861-14866

  Männik, Jaan ^a   Driessen, Rosalie ^a   Galajda, Peter ^a   Keymer, Juan E ^a   Dekker, Cees ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biophysics; Confinement; Microbiology; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROFLUIDICS; POROSITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 70349301458     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0907542106     Document Type: Article

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