Prophage spontaneous activation promotes DNA release enhancing biofilm formation in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is able to form biofilms in vivo and previous studies propose that pneumococcal biofilms play a relevant role both in colonization and infection. Additionally, pneumococci recovered from human infections are characterized by a high prevalence of lysogenic bact...
| Главные авторы: | , , , , |
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| Формат: | Статья |
| Язык: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-01-01
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| Серии: | PLoS ONE |
| Online-ссылка: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3004956?pdf=render |