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Role of the nuclease of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in dispersal of organisms from biofilms.
Infection and immunity - 1 Mar 2015
Cho Christine, Chande Aroon, Gakhar Lokesh, Bakaletz Lauren O, Jurcisek Joseph A, Ketterer Margaret, Shao Jian, Gotoh Kenji, Foster Eric, Hunt Jason, O'Brien Erin, Apicella Michael A
Abstract excerpt
Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) forms biofilms in the middle ear during human infection. The biofilm matrix of NTHI contains extracellular DNA. We show that NTHI possesses a potent nuclease, which is a homolog of the thermonuclease of Staphylococcus aureus. Using a biofilm dispersal ass...
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