Bacteria slingshot more on soft surfaces

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Rongrong ^a   Ni, Lei ^b   Jin, Zhenyu ^a   Li, Jiahong ^a   Jin, Fan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

BACTERIUM; POLYMER; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SURFACE ENERGY; VISCOELASTICITY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HARDNESS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VISCOELASTICITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MOVEMENT; POLYMERS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84923250208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6541     Document Type: Article

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