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Extracellular Electron Transfer Powers <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> Biofilm Metabolism
2017-04-24
Abstract excerpt
Enterococci are important human commensals and significant opportunistic pathogens associated with endocarditis, urinary tract infections, wound and surgical site infections, and medical device associated infections. These infections often become chronic upon the formation of biofilm. The biofilm matrix establishes properties that distinguish this state from free-living bacterial cells and increase tolerance to an...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 64e01c1d-d6e3-5ff2-82e9-6ffc2f7bbd50
- DOI
- 10.1101/130146
