Challenges of intervention, treatment, and antibiotic resistance of biofilm-forming microorganisms

Background: Biofilms are multicellular communities of microorganisms held together by a self-produced extracellular matrix. The ability of microbes to form biofilm is a universal, ubiquitous, and dynamic process. This dynamic process of biofilms establishes an important strategy to withstand and sur...

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Main Authors: Gebreselema Gebreyohannes, Andrew Nyerere, Christine Bii, Desta Berhe Sbhatu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-08-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019358529