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Evolution of MRSA During Hospital Transmission and Intercontinental Spread

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Cell death inStreptococcus mutans  biofilms: a link between CSP and extracellular DNA

(2009) Julie A. Perry et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Adaptive evolution in single species bacterial biofilms

(2009) Alison M. Kraigsley et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Ultrastructural Examination of Failed Molar Retreatment with Secondary Apical Periodontitis: An Examination of Endodontic Biofilms in an Endodontic Retreatment Failure

(2009) Gary B. Carr et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDODONTICS

Streptococcus pneumoniaeForms Surface‐Attached Communities in the Middle Ear of Experimentally Infected Chinchillas

(2009) Sean D. Reid et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Pan-genome analysis provides much higher strain typing resolution than multi-locus sequence typing

(2009) B. G. Hall et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

A fratricidal mechanism is responsible for eDNA release and contributes to biofilm development ofEnterococcus faecalis

(2009) Vinai Chittezham Thomas et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Tracing the Evolution of Competence in Haemophilus influenzae

(2009) Heather Maughan et al.   PLoS One

Modulation of eDNA Release and Degradation Affects Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Maturation

(2009) Ethan E. Mann et al.   PLoS One

Chronic Surgical Site Infection Due to Suture-Associated Polymicrobial Biofilm

(2009) Sandeep Kathju et al.   Surgical Infections

Characterization of biofilm matrix, degradation by DNase treatment and evidence of capsule downregulation in Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates

(2008) Luanne Hall-Stoodley et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Population-level virulence factors amongst pathogenic bacteria: relation to infection outcome

(2008) Fen Ze Hu et al.   Future Microbiology

Biofilms and Chronic Infections

(2008) Randall D. Wolcott   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Direct Demonstration of Viable Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms in an Infected Total Joint Arthroplasty

(2008) Paul Stoodley et al.   JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME

High Genetic Diversity of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Isolates from Two Children Attending a Day Care Center

(2008) N. C. LaCross et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Dynamic Correlation between Intrahost HIV-1 Quasispecies Evolution and Disease Progression

(2008) Ha Youn Lee et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

What makes pathogens pathogenic

(2008) Garth D Ehrlich et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

An adherent Gardnerella vaginalis biofilm persists on the vaginal epithelium after standard therapy with oral metronidazole

(2007) Alexander Swidsinski et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY