Biofilm formation by staphylococci and streptococci: Structural, functional, and regulatory aspects and implications for pathogenesis

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Speziale, Pietro ^a   Geoghegan, Joan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EDITORIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BIOFILMS; HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84964698018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2015.00031     Document Type: Editorial

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