Anti-biofilm activity as a health issue
The formation and persistence of surface-attached microbial communities, known as biofilms, are responsible for 75% of human microbial infections (National Institutes of Health). Biofilm lifestyle confers several advantages to the pathogens, notably during the colonization process of medical devices...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-04-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00592/full |