Interactions in multispecies biofilms: Do they actually matter?

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 84-91

  Burmølle, Mette ^a   Ren, Dawei ^a   Bjarnsholt, Thomas ^b,c   Sørensen, Søren J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Communities; Evolution; Interactions; Multispecies; Synergy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SYNERGISTIC INTERACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BIOFILMS; COMMUNITIES; EVOLUTION; INTERACTIONS; MULTISPECIES; SYNERGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; BIOTA; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS;

EID: 84893682582     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2013.12.004     Document Type: Review

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