The emergence of degradative biofilms

The aim of this work was to determine the role of cellular recombination and positioning in the emergence of biofilm communities. This involved monitoring a biofilm community cultivated in a flow cell and subjected to cyclic environmental transitions from labile to refractory substrates. Laser micro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Karthikeyan, Subramanian
Other Authors: Caldwell, Douglas
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2000
Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-10212004-002454