Impact of Mycobacterium ulcerans biofilm on transmissibility to ecological niches and Buruli ulcer pathogenesis.

Impact of Mycobacterium ulcerans biofilm on transmissibility to ecological niches and Buruli ulcer pathogenesis.

The role of biofilms in the pathogenesis of mycobacterial diseases remains largely unknown. Mycobacterium ulcerans, the etiological agent of Buruli ulcer, a disfiguring disease in humans, adopts a biofilm-like structure in vitro and in vivo, displaying an abundant extracellular matrix (ECM) that har...

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Main Authors: Laurent Marsollier, Priscille Brodin, Mary Jackson, Jana Korduláková, Petra Tafelmeyer, Etienne Carbonnelle, Jacques Aubry, Geneviève Milon, Pierre Legras, Jean-Paul Saint André, Céline Leroy, Jane Cottin, Marie Laure Joly Guillou, Gilles Reysset, Stewart T Cole
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-05-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0030062

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