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Enterococcus faecalis Produces Abundant Extracellular Structures Containing DNA in the Absence of Cell Lysis during Early Biofilm Formation

Enterococcus faecalis is a common Gram-positive commensal bacterium of the metazoan gastrointestinal tract capable of biofilm formation and an opportunistic pathogen of increasing clinical concern. Dogma has held that biofilms are slow-growing structures, often taking days to form mature microcoloni...

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Autores principales: Barnes, Aaron M. T., Ballering, Katie S., Leibman, Rachel S., Wells, Carol L., Dunny, Gary M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3413405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22829679
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00193-12