Bacteriophage ecology in Escherichia coli and pseudomonas aeruginosa mixed-biofilm communities

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 821-829

  Kay, Matthew K ^a,b   Erwin, Thomas C ^a,c   McLean, Robert J C ^a   Aron, Gary M ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Real Ale Brewing Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CONTROL; BACTERIAL POPULATION; CELL POPULATIONS; CHLOROFORM TREATMENT; COCULTURE; E. COLI; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; MATRIX; MIXED SPECIES; P.AERUGINOSA; PHAGE THERAPY; PLANKTONIC CELLS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TWEEN-20;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ECOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL CULTURE;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOFILM; COLIPHAGE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGE; VIROLOGY;

BIOFILMS; COLIPHAGES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLANKTON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 79551479536     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01797-10     Document Type: Article

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