Oral Presentation BacPath 13: Molecular Analysis of Bacterial Pathogens Conference 2015

Explosive cell lysis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms (#18)

Amelia L. Hynen 1 , Lynne Turnbull 1 , Nicola K. Petty 1 , Cynthia B. Whitchurch 1
  1. ithree Institute, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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