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Biofilm formation is prevalent among field isolates of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.
Veterinary microbiology - 15 Jun 2005
Kaplan Jeffrey B, Mulks Martha H
Abstract excerpt
A total of 77 field isolates and 15 reference strains of the porcine respiratory pathogen Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae were tested for their ability to form biofilms in a polystyrene microtiter plate assay. More than half of all field isolates, which included strains representing serotypes 1, 5 and 7, but only two reference strains (serotypes 5B and 11) exhibited biofilm formation. Strains that formed biofilms...
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