Aqueous films limit bacterial cell motility and colony expansion on partially saturated rough surfaces

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1363-1373

  Wang, Gang ^a   Or, Dani ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER; SOIL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; POROSITY; SOIL; SURFACE PROPERTY; ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POROSITY; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77953646573     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02180.x     Document Type: Article

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