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Vibrio cholerae strains possess multiple strategies for abiotic and biotic surface colonization.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jul 2007
Mueller Ryan S, McDougald Diane, Cusumano Danielle, Sodhi Nidhi, Kjelleberg Staffan, Azam Farooq, Bartlett Douglas H
Abstract excerpt
Despite its notoriety as a human pathogen, Vibrio cholerae is an aquatic microbe suited to live in freshwater, estuarine, and marine environments where biofilm formation may provide a selective advantage. Here we report characterization of biofilms formed on abiotic and biotic surfaces by two non-O1/O139 V. cholerae strains, TP and SIO, and by the O1 V. cholerae strain N16961 in addition to the isolation of 44...
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