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Biofilm Formation by Nontypeable Haemophilus Influenzae and Resistance to Complement-Mediated Clearance.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 14 Jun 2024
Belkacem Nouria, Deghmane Ala-Eddine, Taha Muhamed-Kheir
Abstract excerpt
Biofilm formation has been suggested to be associated with phenotype changes compared with the planktonic form. We screened 1092 Haemophilus influenzae isolates for their genetic relationships and then selected 29 isolates from different genotypes and phenotypes and tested their ability to form biofilm. Our data showed a higher capacity of nontypable isolates, particularly isolates from respiratory and genital...
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