Streptococcus pneumoniae biofilm formation and dispersion during colonization and disease

Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is a common colonizer of the human nasopharynx. Despite a low rate of invasive disease, the high prevalence of colonization results in millions of infections and over 1 million deaths per year, mostly in individuals under the age of 5 and the elderly. Colo...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Main Authors:	Yashuan eChao, Laura R Marks, Melinda M Pettigrew, Anders P Hakansson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-01-01
Subjects:	Streptococcus Virulence Biofilm virus colonization
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2014.00194/full