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Crowning: a novel Escherichia coli colonizing behaviour generating a self-organized corona.
BMC research notes - 25 Feb 2014
Gómez-Gómez José María, Amils Ricardo
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BACKGROUND: Encased in a matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) composed of flagella, adhesins, amyloid fibers (curli), and exopolysaccharides (cellulose, β-1,6-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine polymer-PGA-, colanic acid), the bacteria Escherichia coli is able to attach to and colonize different types of biotic and abiotic surfaces forming biofilms and colonies of intricate morphological architectures. Many of...
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