Studying microbial communities in biofilms

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 813, Issue , 2012, Pages 301-314

  Brenner, Katie ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Confocal microscopy; Consortium; Flow; Microbial biofilm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TIME;

BIOFILMS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; STERILIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82355183176     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-412-4_18     Document Type: Article

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