Death and transfiguration in static Staphylococcus epidermidis cultures.

Death and transfiguration in static Staphylococcus epidermidis cultures.

The overwhelming majority of bacteria live in slime embedded microbial communities termed biofilms, which are typically adherent to a surface. However, when several Staphylococcus epidermidis strains were cultivated in static liquid cultures, macroscopic aggregates were seen floating within the brot...

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Main Authors: Christoph Schaudinn, Paul Stoodley, Luanne Hall-Stoodley, Amita Gorur, Jonathan Remis, Siva Wu, Manfred Auer, Stefan Hertwig, Debbie Guerrero-Given, Fen Ze Hu, Garth D Ehrlich, John William Costerton, Douglas H Robinson, Paul Webster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4070908?pdf=render

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