Biofilm induced tolerance towards antimicrobial peptides.

Increased tolerance to antimicrobial agents is thought to be an important feature of microbes growing in biofilms. We address the question of how biofilm organization affects antibiotic susceptibility. We established Escherichia coli biofilms with differential structural organization due to the pres...

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Main Authors: Anders Folkesson, Janus A J Haagensen, Claudia Zampaloni, Claus Sternberg, Søren Molin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18382672/?tool=EBI