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Phenotypic and functional characterization of Bacillus anthracis biofilms.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Jun 2007
Lee Keehoon, Costerton J W, Ravel Jacques, Auerbach Raymond K, Wagner David M, Keim Paul, Leid Jeff G
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Biofilms, communities of micro-organisms attached to a surface, are responsible for many chronic diseases and are often associated with environmental reservoirs or lifestyles. Bacillus anthracis is a Gram-positive, endospore-forming bacterium and is the aetiological agent of pulmonary, gastrointestinal and cutaneous anthrax. Anthrax infections are part of the natural lifecycle of many ruminants in North America,...
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