The distributed genome hypothesis as a rubric for understanding evolutionin situduring chronic bacterial biofilm infectious processes
Open Access
- 1 August 2010
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology
- Vol. 59 (3) , 269-279
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-695x.2010.00704.x
Abstract
Most chronic infectious disease processes associated with bacteria are characterized by the formation of a biofilm that provides for bacterial attachKeywords
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