Modulation of the mechanical properties of bacterial biofilms in response to environmental challenges

Biomaterials Science

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 887-900

  Tallawi, Marwa ^a   Opitz, Madeleine ^b   Lieleg, Oliver ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL STABILITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; DEVELOPING STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; ENVIRONMENTAL CUES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; MOLECULAR COMPOSITIONS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEAR FLOW; TEMPERATURE; VISCOELASTICITY; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; VISCOSITY;

POLYMER;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 85021783596     PISSN: 20474830     EISSN: 20474849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c6bm00832a     Document Type: Review

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