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Signal Transduction, Quorum-Sensing, and Extracellular Protease Activity in Enterococcus faecalis Biofilm Formation
2 Dec 2004
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Biofilms are surface-attached communities of bacteria, encased in an extracellular matrix of secreted proteins, carbohydrates, and/or DNA, that assume phenotypes distinct from those of planktonic cells. These phenotypes include a slower growth rate, increased antibiotic resistance, and elevated frequency of lateral gene transfer (15, 20, 33, 38). The ability of certain bacterial strains to form biofilms has been...
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