All together now: experimental multispecies biofilm model systems

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 42-53

  Tan, Chuan Hao ^a   Lee, Kai Wei Kelvin ^a   Burmølle, Mette ^b   Kjelleberg, Staffan ^a,c   Rice, Scott A ^a,c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS;

EID: 85010430868     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13594     Document Type: Review

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