Biofilm formation by zygomycetes: Quantification, structure and matrix composition

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2611-2618

  Singh, Rachna ^a   Shivaprakash, M R ^a   Chakrabarti, Arunaloke ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PROTEIN;

ABSIDIA; APOPHYSOMYCES ELEGANS; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOMUCOR PUSILLUS; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; ZYGOMYCETES;

BIOFILMS; CELL ADHESION; HYPHAE; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUCORALES;

ABSIDIA CORYMBIFERA; APOPHYSOMYCES ELEGANS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ELEGANS; CANDIDA; FUNGI; RHIZOMUCOR PUSILLUS; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 80052355250     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.048504-0     Document Type: Article

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