Dynamic models for in vitro biofilm formation

Biofilms: Formation, Development and Properties

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 125-162

  Pavarina, A C ^a   Dovigo, L N ^a   Sanita P V ^a   Machado, A L ^a   Giampaolo, E T ^a   Vergani, C E ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

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