Bacterial biofilms: from the natural environment to infectious diseases.
Published in Nature reviews. Microbiology • Feb 1, 2004
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Luanne Hall-Stoodley
J William Costerton
Paul Stoodley
Abstract
Biofilms--matrix-enclosed microbial accretions that adhere to biological or non-biological surfaces--represent a significant and incompletely understood mode of growth for bacteria. Biofilm formation appears early in the fossil record (approximately 3.25 billion years ago) and is common throughout a...
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