Influence of origin of isolates, especially endocarditis isolates, and various genes on biofilm formation by Enterococcus faecalis.

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Published in Infect Immun on June 01, 2004

Authors

Jamal A Mohamed1, Wenxiang Huang, Sreedhar R Nallapareddy, Fang Teng, Barbara E Murray

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1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.

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