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Prophage spontaneous activation promotes DNA release enhancing biofilm formation in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

PloS one - 20 Dec 2010

Carrolo Margarida, Frias Maria João, Pinto Francisco Rodrigues, Melo-Cristino José, Ramirez Mário

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Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is able to form biofilms in vivo and previous studies propose that pneumococcal biofilms play a relevant role both in colonization and infection. Additionally, pneumococci recovered from human infections are characterized by a high prevalence of lysogenic bacteriophages (phages) residing quiescently in their host chromosome. We investigated a possible link between lysogeny...

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PMID: 21187931
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015678
PMCID: PMC3004956

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