The use of phages for the removal of infectious biofilms

Biofilm formation occurs spontaneously on both inert and living systems and is an important bacterial survival strategy. In humans bioflms are responsible for many pathologies, most of them associated with the use of medical devices. A major problem of biofilms is their inherent tolerance to host de...

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Autor principal: Azeredo, Joana (author)
Outros Autores: Sutherland, Ian W. (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2008
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/9269
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/9269