Biofilms: The environmental playground of Legionella pneumophila

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 557-566

  Declerck, Priscilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; LEGIONELLOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLOSIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 77954023290     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02025.x     Document Type: Article

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