Connecting the dots between bacterial biofilms and ice cream

Physical Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Stanley Wall, Nicola R ^a   Macphee, Cait E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; biofilm; biophysics; BslA; ice cream; surface active proteins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SURFACTANT;

ANALYSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM; BIOPHYSICS; ICE CREAM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; ICE CREAM; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84953776414     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/12/6/063001     Document Type: Article

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