Biofilm formation and motility depend on the nature of the Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates

Acinetobacter baumannii is a nosocomial pathogen involved in a variety of infections ranging from minor soft-tissue infections to more severe infections such as ventilator-associated pneumonia and bacteremia. The severity and the type of infections depend on the genetic and phenotypic variations of...

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Main Authors: Saranya eVijayakumar, Sangeetha eRajendran, Shakti eLaishram, Shalini eAnandan, Veeraraghavan eBalaji, Indranil eBiswas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2016.00105/full