Biofilm engineering: Linking biofilm development at different length and time scales

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-208

  Morgenroth, E ^a   Milferstedt, K ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Biofilm; CLSM; Length scale; Modeling; Time scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350270017     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-009-9163-1     Document Type: Article

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