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The impact of spgM, rpfF, rmlA gene distribution on biofilm formation in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Zhuo Chao, Zhao Qian-yu, Xiao Shu-nian
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BACKGROUND: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is emerging as one of the most frequently found bacteria in chronic pulmonary infection. Biofilm is increasingly recognized as a contributing factor to disease pathogenesis. In the present study, a total of 37 isolates of S. maltophilia obtained from chronic pulmonary infection patients were evaluated to the relationship between biofilm production and the relative genes...
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