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Rhamnolipids mediate detachment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from biofilms.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Sept 2005
Boles Blaise R, Thoendel Matthew, Singh Pradeep K
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The process of detachment, through which bacteria use active mechanisms to leave biofilms and return to the planktonic (free-living) state, is perhaps the least understood aspect of the biofilm life cycle. Like other stages of biofilm development, detachment is a dynamic, regulated process, controlled by specific genes, and induced by particular environmental cues. In previous work we discovered Pseudomonas...
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