The world of biofilms

Virulence

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 431-434

  Vlamakis, Hera ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHETER INFECTION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80053922005     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.2.5.17902     Document Type: Editorial

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