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A universal method for quantitative characterization of growth and metabolic activity of microbial biofilms in static models

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    V. K. Plakunov, S. V. Mart’yanov, N. A. Teteneva & M. V. Zhurina

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Original Russian Text © V.K. Plakunov, S.V. Mart’yanov, N.A. Teteneva, M.V. Zhurina, 2016, published in Mikrobiologiya, 2016, Vol. 85, No. 4, pp. 484–489.

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Plakunov, V.K., Mart’yanov, S.V., Teteneva, N.A. et al. A universal method for quantitative characterization of growth and metabolic activity of microbial biofilms in static models. Microbiology 85, 509–513 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261716040147

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