Abstract:
:Escherichia coli is a predominant species among facultative anaerobic bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract. Both its frequent community lifestyle and the availability of a wide array of genetic tools contributed to establish E. coli as a relevant model organism for the study of surface colonization. Several key factors, including different extracellular appendages, are implicated in E. coli surface colonization and their expression and activity are finely regulated, both in space and time, to ensure productive events leading to mature biofilm formation. This chapter will present known molecular mechanisms underlying biofilm development in both commensal and pathogenic E. coli.
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Curr Top Microbiol Immunoljournal_title
Current topics in microbiology and immunologyauthors
Beloin C,Roux A,Ghigo JMdoi
10.1007/978-3-540-75418-3_12subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-01-01 00:00:00pages
249-89eissn
0070-217Xissn
2196-9965journal_volume
322pub_type
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