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Biofilm formation by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Aug 2015
Timmaraju Venkata Arun, Theophilus Priyanka A S, Balasubramanian Kunthavai, Shakih Shafiq, Luecke David F, Sapi Eva
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial biofilms are microbial communities held together by an extracellular polymeric substance matrix predominantly composed of polysaccharides, proteins and nucleic acids. We had previously shown that Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, the causative organism of Lyme disease in the United States is capable of forming biofilms in vitro. Here, we investigated biofilm formation by B. afzelii and B. garinii,...
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