Biofomics: A web platform for the systematic and standardized collection of high-throughput biofilm data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Lourenço, Anália ^a   Ferreira, Andreia ^a   Veiga, Nuno ^a   Machado, Idalina ^a   Pereira, Maria Olivia ^a   Azevedo, Nuno F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFOMICS; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA BASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEB BROWSER;

AUTOMATION; BIOFILMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PUBLICATIONS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84863110328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039960     Document Type: Article

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