Survival strategies of infectious biofilms

C.A. Fux; J.W. Costerton; P.S. Stewart; P. Stoodley

doi:10.1016/j.tim.2004.11.010

journal article Jan 01, 2005

Survival strategies of infectious biofilms

C.A. Fux J.W. Costerton P.S. Stewart P. Stoodley

Trends in Microbiology Vol. 13 No. 1 pp. 34-40 · Elsevier BV

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Published: Jan 01, 2005
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C.A. Fux, J.W. Costerton, P.S. Stewart, et al. (2005). Survival strategies of infectious biofilms. Trends in Microbiology, 13(1), 34-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2004.11.010

Survival strategies of infectious biofilms

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