Revealing a world of biofilms-the pioneering research of Bill Costerton

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 781-787

  Lappin Scott, Hilary ^a   Burton, Sara ^b   Stoodley, Paul ^c,d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BIOFILM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; ART; CANADA; CELL COMMUNICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTORY; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

BIOFILMS; CANADA; CELL COMMUNICATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911473960     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3343     Document Type: Review

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