Generalized relationship between numbers of bacteria and their viability in biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 5027-5029

  Sjollema, Jelmer ^a   Rustema Abbing, Miniew ^a   van der Mei, Henny C ^a   Busscher, Henk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BACTERIAL STRAINS; EXTRA-CELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPIC EVALUATION; PROTECTIVE LAYERS;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; POLYMER; SUBSTRATE; VIABILITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOFILM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79961098417     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00178-11     Document Type: Article

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