iDynoMiCS: Next-generation individual-based modelling of biofilms

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2416-2434

  Lardon, Laurent A ^a,b   Merkey, Brian V ^a,c   Martins, Sónia ^d   Dötsch, Andreas ^e   Picioreanu, Cristian ^f   Kreft, Jan Ulrich ^d   Smets, Barth F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN;

EID: 80052631835     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02414.x     Document Type: Article

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