How Do Bacteria Know They Are on a Surface and Regulate Their Response to an Adhering State?

PLoS Pathogens

Henk J. Busscher¹  Henny C. van der Mei¹ 

[1] Department of Biomedical Engineering, W.J. Kolff Institute, University Medical Center and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

关键词: Bacterial biofilms;    Bacteria;    Exopolysaccharides;    Biomaterials;    Lethality (bacteriology);    Extracellular matrix;    Extracellular matrix adhesions;    Virulence factors;   

DOI  :  10.1371/journal.ppat.1002440

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Public Library of Science

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