Bacterial pathogenicity: A sticky situation
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A sticky situation
Candida albicans is a commensal microorganism of the human microbiome; it is also the most prevalent fungal pathogen of humans. Many infections caused by C. albicans are a direct consequence of its proclivity to form biofilms--resilient, surface-associated communities of cells where individual cells acquire specialized properties that are distinct from those observed in suspension cultures. We ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nature Reviews Microbiology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1740-1526,1740-1534
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro984