<named-content content-type="genus-species">Streptococcus pneumoniae</named-content> Biofilm Formation Is Strain Dependent, Multifactorial, and Associated with Reduced Invasiveness and Immunoreactivity during Colonization

ABSTRACT Biofilms are thought to play an important role during colonization of the nasopharynx by Streptococcus pneumoniae, yet how they form in vivo and the determinants responsible remain unknown. Using scanning electron microscopy, we show that biofilm aggregates of increasing complexity form on...

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Autores principales: Krystle Blanchette-Cain, Cecilia A. Hinojosa, Ramya Akula Suresh Babu, Anel Lizcano, Norberto Gonzalez-Juarbe, Carmen Munoz-Almagro, Carlos J. Sanchez, Molly A. Bergman, Carlos J. Orihuela
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Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/2a4204223ce84afa9e17c17ad694e9be
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