Biofilm formation as a response to ecological competition

PLoS Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Oliveira, Nuno M ^a   Martinez Garcia, Esteban ^b,c   Xavier, Joao ^b,d   Durham, William M ^a   Kolter, Roberto ^e   Kim, Wook ^a,b   Foster, Kevin R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PYOCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CELL DAMAGE; COMPETITION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ANTIBIOSIS; COCULTURE; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROFLUIDICS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOSIS; BIOFILMS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCINS;

EID: 84938690612     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002191     Document Type: Article

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