When microbial conversations get physical

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 105-113

  Reguera, Gemma ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOWIRE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CARBONIPHILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DENSITY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; ION CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM; PHYLOGENY; POLARIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTIC CELL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEWANELLA; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

CELL COMMUNICATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRONS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTONS; SOUND;

EID: 79952102340     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2010.12.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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