Biofilms and infectious diseases: Biology to mathematics and back again

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 322, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Cogan, Nick G ^a   Gunn, J S ^b   Wozniak, Daniel J ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infectious diseases; Mathematical biology; Persistence; Physiological heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOFILM; BIOINFORMATICS; DISINFECTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79960634763     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02314.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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