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Biofouling
The Journal of Bioadhesion and Biofilm Research
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The efficacy of bacteriophage as a method of biofilm eradication

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Pages 305-311 | Published online: 09 Sep 2010

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Legesse Geredew Kifelew, James G. Mitchell & Peter Speck. (2019) Mini-review: efficacy of lytic bacteriophages on multispecies biofilms. Biofouling 35:4, pages 472-481.
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Lúcia Chaves Simões, Manuel Simões & Maria João Vieira. (2011) The effects of metabolite molecules produced by drinking water-isolated bacteria on their single and multispecies biofilms. Biofouling 27:7, pages 685-699.
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Sanna Sillankorva, Peter Neubauer & Joana Azeredo. (2010) Phage control of dual species biofilms of Pseudomonas fluorescens and Staphylococcus lentus . Biofouling 26:5, pages 567-575.
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Manuel Simões, LúciaC. Simões, MariaO. Pereira & MariaJ. Vieira. (2008) Antagonism between Bacillus cereus and Pseudomonas fluorescens in planktonic systems and in biofilms. Biofouling 24:5, pages 339-349.
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Sanna Sillankorva, Rosário Oliveira, Maria João Vieira, Ian Sutherland & Joana Azeredo. (2004) Bacteriophage Φ S1 Infection of Pseudomonas fluorescens Planktonic Cells versus Biofilms. Biofouling 20:3, pages 133-138.
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