Insights into the biofilm lifestyle of enterococci

Virulence

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 219-221

  Garsin, Danielle A ^a   Willems, Rob J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE LOCUS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 77954984997     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.1.4.12073     Document Type: Editorial

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