In-situ quantification of the interfacial rheological response of bacterial biofilms to environmental stimuli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Rühs, Patrick A ^a   Böni, Lukas ^a   Fuller, Gerald G ^b   Inglis, R Fredrik ^a,c   Fischer, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84892907137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078524     Document Type: Article

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