A personal history of research on microbial biofilms and biofilm infections

Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 205-211

  Høiby, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biofilm infection; Biofilms; Cystic fibrosis; Foreign body infection; Microbial biofilms; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHORT SURVEY; SPUTUM; HISTORY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; RESEARCH; TRENDS;

BIOFILMS; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGY; RESEARCH;

EID: 84904249962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2049632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2049-632X.12165     Document Type: Short Survey

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