"Biofilmology": A multidisciplinary review of the study of microbial biofilms

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1869-1881

  Karunakaran, Esther ^a   Mukherjee, Joy ^a   Ramalingam, Bharathi ^a   Biggs, Catherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilmology; Biofilms; Extracellular; Intracellular; Multidisciplinary; Surface

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE FORMATION; BIOFILM CONTROL; BIOFILM FORMATION; BIOFILMOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR; INTRACELLULAR; MICROBIAL BIOFILM; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MULTIDISCIPLINARY;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; RESEARCH;

BIOFILMS;

FUNCTIONAL GROUP; POLYMER;

BIOFILM; LITERATURE REVIEW; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLLOID; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; KNOCKOUT GENE; MICROSCOPY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PROTEOMICS; SHORT SURVEY; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

BIOFILMS; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 79958208390     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3293-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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