The biogeography of polymicrobial infection

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 93-105

  Stacy, Apollo ^a   McNally, Luke ^b   Darch, Sophie E ^a   Brown, Sam P ^c   Whiteley, Marvin ^a  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; COINFECTION; EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SYMBIOSIS;

BIOFILMS; COINFECTION; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84955180225     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2015.8     Document Type: Review

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