Surface-associated microbes continue to surprise us in their sophisticated strategies for assembling biofilm communities

F1000Prime Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wozniak, Daniel J ^a   Parsek, Matthew R ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM; CELL STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84900547636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20517599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12703/P6-26     Document Type: Article

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