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Biofilm formation and dispersal under the influence of the global regulator CsrA of Escherichia coli.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jan 2002
Jackson Debra W, Suzuki Kazushi, Oakford Lawrence, Simecka Jerry W, Hart Mark E, Romeo Tony
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The predominant mode of growth of bacteria in the environment is within sessile, matrix-enclosed communities known as biofilms. Biofilms often complicate chronic and difficult-to-treat infections by protecting bacteria from the immune system, decreasing antibiotic efficacy, and dispersing planktonic cells to distant body sites. While the biology of bacterial biofilms has become a major focus of microbial...
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