Patterned biofilm formation reveals a mechanism for structural heterogeneity in bacterial biofilms

Bacterial biofilms are ubiquitous and are the major cause of chronic infections in humans and persistent biofouling in industry. Despite the significance of bacterial biofilms, the mechanism of biofilm formation and associated drug tolerance is still not fully understood. A major challenge in biofil...

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Publié dans:	Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 29(2013), 35 vom: 03. Sept., Seite 11145-53
Auteur principal:	Gu, Huan (Auteur)
Autres auteurs:	Hou, Shuyu, Yongyat, Chanokpon, De Tore, Suzanne, Ren, Dacheng
Format:	Article en ligne
Langue:	English
Publié:	2013
Accès à la collection:	Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Sujets:	Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Alkanes Culture Media Lactones N-octanoylhomoserine lactone Sulfhydryl Reagents Homoserine 6KA95X0IVO