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Dispersal of Biofilms by Secreted, Matrix Degrading, Bacterial DNase

Microbial biofilms are composed of a hydrated matrix of biopolymers including polypeptides, polysaccharides and nucleic acids and act as a protective barrier and microenvironment for the inhabiting microbes. While studying marine biofilms, we observed that supernatant produced by a marine isolate of...

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Autores principales: Nijland, Reindert, Hall, Michael J., Burgess, J. Grant
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3001887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21179489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015668