A more unifying hypothesis for biofilm structures – a reply
✍ Scribed by Julian W.T Wimpenny; Ric Colasanti
- Book ID
- 104308100
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 314 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-6496
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✦ Synopsis
In this note we respond to comments made by Van Loosdrecht and colleagues regarding our unifying hypothesis for biofilm formation. We concur with much of what the authors state; however, we remain of the opinion that substrate concentration is the most important of the many factors that influence the structure of a biofilm.
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