Novel insights into the proteus mirabilis crystalline biofilm using real-time imaging

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Wilks, Sandra A ^a   Fader, Mandy J ^a   Keevil, C William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; LATEX; LECTIN; SILICONE; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EPISCOPIC DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; FOLEY BALLOON CATHETER; HYDROGEL; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; REAL TIME IMAGING; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URINE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDWELLING CATHETER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE; TIME LAPSE IMAGING;

BIOFILMS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SOFTWARE; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84951074154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141711     Document Type: Article

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