Microbial growth on the edge of desiccation

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2328-2335

  de Goffau, Marcus C ^a   van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^a   Harmsen, Hermie J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; METABOLISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DESICCATION; HUMIDITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; WATER;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 80051952778     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02496.x     Document Type: Article

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