Bacterial flagella explore microscale hummocks and hollows to increase adhesion
Biofilms, surface-bound communities of microbes, are economically and medically important due to their pathogenic and obstructive properties. Among the numerous strategies to prevent bacterial adhesion and subsequent biofilm formation, surface topography was recently proposed as a highly nonspecific...
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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/83364 |