A quantitative study on the formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm

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Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kannan, Ashwin ^a   Gautam, Pennathur ^b  

^a VISVESVARAYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adhesion force; Atomic force microscopy; Biofilm; Extracellular polymeric material; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938381647     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-015-1029-0     Document Type: Article

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