Recent advances in mechanical characterisation of biofilm and their significance for material modelling

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 145-171

  Böl, Markus ^a   Ehret, Alexander E ^a   Bolea Albero, Antonio ^a   Hellriegel, Jan ^b   Krull, Rainer ^b  

^a Deutsches Zentrum Luft und R   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Continuum mechanics; Experiments; Material parameters; Materials characterisation

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; MATERIAL MODELLING; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MATERIALS CHARACTERISATION; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISATION; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; EXPERIMENTS;

BIOFILMS;

VISCOELASTIC SUBSTANCE;

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPRESSION; DESULFOVIBRIO; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROMANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION; VISCOSITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOFILMS; BIOMECHANICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84876332846     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2012.679250     Document Type: Review

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