Survey of bacterial diversity in chronic wounds using Pyrosequencing, DGGE, and full ribosome shotgun sequencing

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Chronic wound pathogenic biofilms are host-pathogen environments that colonize and exist as a cohabitation of many bacterial species. These bacterial populations cooperate to promote their own survival and the chronic nature of the i...

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Main Authors: Wolcott Benjamin M, Rhoads Daniel D, Secor Patrick R, Sun Yan, Dowd Scot E, James Garth A, Wolcott Randall D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-03-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/8/43