Diffusion of bacteriophages through artificial biofilm models

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 319-326

  Hu, Jun ^a   Miyanaga, Kazuhiko ^a   Tanji, Yasunori ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Bacteriophage; Biofilms; Phage adsorption; Phage proliferation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION PROCESS; AGAROSE GEL; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; BIOFILM MODELS; DIFFUSION METHOD; DIFFUSION PROPERTIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH PHASE; HOST CELLS; LANGMUIR ADSORPTION; LANGMUIR ADSORPTION EQUATION; MULTIPLICITY OF INFECTIONS; PHAGE T4;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIOPHAGES; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

BIOFILMS;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOFILMS; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84859639383     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: 15206033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.742     Document Type: Article

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