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Tangled bank of experimentally evolved Burkholderia biofilms reflects selection during chronic infections.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Jan 2013
Traverse Charles C, Mayo-Smith Leslie M, Poltak Steffen R, Cooper Vaughn S
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How diversity evolves and persists in biofilms is essential for understanding much of microbial life, including the uncertain dynamics of chronic infections. We developed a biofilm model enabling long-term selection for daily adherence to and dispersal from a plastic bead in a test tube. Focusing on a pathogen of the cystic fibrosis lung, Burkholderia cenocepacia, we sequenced clones and metagenomes to unravel...
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