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Is biofilm formation related to the hypermutator phenotype in clinical Enterobacteriaceae isolates?
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Oct 2013
Kovacs Bela, Le Gall-David Sandrine, Vincent Pascal, Le Bars Hervé, Buffet-Bataillon Sylvie, Bonnaure-Mallet Martine, Jolivet-Gougeon Anne
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In bacteria, complex adaptive processes are involved during transition from the planktonic to the biofilm mode of growth, and mutator strains are more prone to producing biofilms. Enterobacteriaceae species were isolated from urinary tract infections (UTIs; 222 strains) and from bloodstream infec...
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