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Automated quantification of Candida albicans biofilm-related phenotypes reveals additive contributions to biofilm production.
NPJ biofilms and microbiomes - 9 Oct 2020
Dunn Matthew J, Fillinger Robert J, Anderson Leah M, Anderson Matthew Z
Abstract excerpt
Biofilms are organized communities of microbial cells that promote persistence among bacterial and fungal species. Biofilm formation by host-associated Candida species of fungi occurs on both tissue surfaces and implanted devices, contributing to host colonization and disease. In C. albicans, biofilms are built sequentially by adherence of yeast to a surface, invasion into the substrate, the formation of aerial...
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