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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-08-01
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Series: | Heliyon |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019358529 |