Microbial biofilms
JW Costerton, Z Lewandowski… - Annual review of …, 1995 - annualreviews.org
JW Costerton, Z Lewandowski, DE Caldwell, DR Korber, HM Lappin-Scott
Annual review of microbiology, 1995•annualreviews.orgMICROBIAL BIOFILMS Page 1 A,Ulu. Rev. Microbial. J 995. 49:7Jl-45 Copyright 0 J 995 by
Annual Reviews lI,c. All rights reserved MICROBIAL BIOFILMS J. William Costerton and
Zbigniew Lewandowski Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman,
Montana 59717 Douglas E. Caldwell and Darren R. Korber Applied Microbiology and Food
Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A8, Canada Hilary M.
Lappin-Scott Biological Sciences, University of Exeter, Hatherley Laboratories, Prince of Wales …
Annual Reviews lI,c. All rights reserved MICROBIAL BIOFILMS J. William Costerton and
Zbigniew Lewandowski Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman,
Montana 59717 Douglas E. Caldwell and Darren R. Korber Applied Microbiology and Food
Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A8, Canada Hilary M.
Lappin-Scott Biological Sciences, University of Exeter, Hatherley Laboratories, Prince of Wales …
Abstract
Direct observations have clearly shown that biofilm bacteria predominate, numerically and metabolically, in virtually all nutrient-sufficient ecosystems. Therefore, these sessile organisms predominate in most of the environmental,
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