Statistical analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development: impact of mutations in genes involved in twitching motility, cell-to-cell signaling, and stationary-phase sigma factor expression.

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Published in Appl Environ Microbiol on April 01, 2002

Authors

Arne Heydorn1, Bjarne Ersbøll, Junichi Kato, Morten Hentzer, Matthew R Parsek, Tim Tolker-Nielsen, Michael Givskov, Søren Molin

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1: Section of Molecular Microbiology, The Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.

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