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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2821406?pdf=render |
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