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Biofilm formation as a novel phenotypic feature of adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC)

BACKGROUND: Crohn's disease (CD) is a high morbidity chronic inflammatory disorder of unknown aetiology. Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) has been recently implicated in the origin and perpetuation of CD. Because bacterial biofilms in the gut mucosa are suspected to play a role in CD a...

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Autores principales: Martinez-Medina, Margarita, Naves, Plínio, Blanco, Jorge, Aldeguer, Xavier, Blanco, Jesus E, Blanco, Miguel, Ponte, Carmen, Soriano, Francisco, Darfeuille-Michaud, Arlette, Garcia-Gil, L Jesus
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2759958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19772580
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-9-202