Galactose metabolism plays a crucial role in biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis.

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Published in MBio on August 14, 2012

Authors

Yunrong Chai1, Pascale B Beauregard, Hera Vlamakis, Richard Losick, Roberto Kolter

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

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