Integration and Proliferation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 in Multispecies Biofilms

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 121-131

  Ghadakpour, Mahtab ^a   Bester, Elanna ^a   Liss, Steven N ^b   Gardam, Michael ^c,d   Droppo, Ian ^e   Hota, S ^c,d   Wolfaardt, Gideon M ^a,f  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPORTER GENE; SANITATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOFILMS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TOILET FACILITIES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84902552054     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-014-0398-1     Document Type: Article

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