| Literature DB >> 21622779 |
Jelmer Sjollema1, Minie Rustema-Abbing, Henny C van der Mei, Henk J Busscher.
Abstract
Bacterial biofilms are confined communities that are encapsulated in protective layers of extracellular polymeric substances. Microscopic evaluation of biofilms of diverse bacterial strains on various substrata reveals that, in general, the percentage of viable bacteria decreases with the total number of bacteria in a biofilm.Mesh:
Year: 2011 PMID: 21622779 PMCID: PMC3147378 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00178-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792