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Roles of type IV pili, flagellum-mediated motility and extracellular DNA in the formation of mature multicellular structures in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Sept 2008
Barken Kim B, Pamp Sünje J, Yang Liang, Gjermansen Morten, Bertrand Jacob J, Klausen Mikkel, Givskov Michael, Whitchurch Cynthia B, Engel Joanne N, Tolker-Nielsen Tim
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When grown as a biofilm in laboratory flow chambers Pseudomonas aeruginosa can develop mushroom-shaped multicellular structures consisting of distinct subpopulations in the cap and stalk portions. We have previously presented evidence that formation of the cap portion of the mushroom-shaped struc...
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