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Review Article

The physicochemical process of bacterial attachment to abiotic surfaces: Challenges for mechanistic studies, predictability and the development of control strategies

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Pages 452-464 | Received 04 Sep 2013, Accepted 12 Nov 2013, Published online: 17 Mar 2014

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