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Fighting biofilms with lantibiotics and other groups of bacteriocins

Biofilms are sessile communities of bacteria typically embedded in an extracellular polymeric matrix. Bacterial cells embedded in biofilms are inherently recalcitrant to antimicrobials, compared to cells existing in a planktonic state, and are notoriously difficult to eradicate once formed. Avenues...

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Autores principales: Mathur, Harsh, Field, Des, Rea, Mary C., Cotter, Paul D., Hill, Colin, Ross, R. Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5908865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29707229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41522-018-0053-6