Enterococcal colonization of the gastro-intestinal tract: role of biofilm and environmental oligosaccharides

BACKGROUND: Biofilm formation in E. faecalis is presumed to play an important role in a number of enterococcal infections. We have previously identified a genetic locus provisionally named bop that is involved in maltose metabolism and biofilm formation. A transposon insertion into the second gene o...

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Autores principales: Creti, Roberta, Koch, Stefanie, Fabretti, Francesca, Baldassarri, Lucilla, Huebner, Johannes
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1534043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16834772
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-6-60

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1534043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16834772
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-6-60

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