Low metabolic activity of biofilm formed by Enterococcus faecalis isolated from healthy humans and wild mallards (Anas platyrhynchos).

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Published in Ann Microbiol on February 14, 2013

Authors

Włodzimierz Meissner1, Tomasz A Jarzembowski, Hanna Rzyska, Claudia Botelho, Anna Pałubicka

Author Affiliations

1: Avian Ecophysiology Unit, Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology, University of Gdańsk, ul. Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.

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