Antibiotics versus biofilm: an emerging battleground in microbial communities

Abstract Biofilm is a complex structure of microbiome having different bacterial colonies or single type of cells in a group; adhere to the surface. These cells are embedded in extracellular polymeric substances, a matrix which is generally composed of eDNA, proteins and polysaccharides, showed high...

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Main Authors: Divakar Sharma, Lama Misba, Asad U. Khan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-019-0533-3