ADHESION OF BACTERIA AND DIATOMS TO THE EXOSKELETON OF THE HARPACTICOID COPEPOD <em>Tigriopus fulvus</em> IN CULTURE: ELECTRON AND EPIFLUORESCENT MICROSCOPE STUDY
In marine environments microrganisms can survive as free forms or bound to animate and inanimate surfaces (1,2). The microbial colonization of an organic substratum is a very complex phenomenon; the initial event in biofilm formation is the collision (random collision or chemotaxis) between microrg...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2000-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Biological Research |
| Online Access: | https://pagepressjournals.org/index.php/jbr/article/view/10792 |