title: How do bacteria know they are on a surface and regulate their response to an adhering state?
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, W.J. Kolff Institute, University Medical Center and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Henk J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Busscher
authors.forename: Henny C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: van der Mei
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D037521:Virulence Factors