Different methods for culturing biofilms in vitro

Biofilm Infections

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 251-266

  Peterson, S Brook ^a   Irie, Yasuhiko ^a   Borlee, Bradley R ^a   Murakami, Keiji ^a   Harrison, Joe J ^a   Colvin, Kelly M ^a   Parsek, Matthew R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84866110620     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6084-9_15     Document Type: Chapter

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