Specific involvement of pilus type 2a in biofilm formation in group B Streptococcus.

Specific involvement of pilus type 2a in biofilm formation in group B Streptococcus.

Streptococcus agalactiae is the primary colonizer of the anogenital mucosa of up to 30% of healthy women and can infect newborns during delivery and cause severe sepsis and meningitis. Persistent colonization usually involves the formation of biofilm and increasing evidences indicate that in pathoge...

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Main Authors: Cira Daniela Rinaudo, Roberto Rosini, Cesira L Galeotti, Francesco Berti, Francesca Necchi, Valerio Reguzzi, Claudia Ghezzo, John Laird Telford, Guido Grandi, Domenico Maione
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2821406?pdf=render

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