Biofilms: New ways for streptococci to settle down

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 321 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.57 Author: Irene Vacca The respiratory tract of patients with cystic fibrosis is a polymicrobial environment in which Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a dominant pathogen and oral commensal streptococci are emerging as cohabitants. Using a dual species biofilm model, Scoffield et al. showed that Streptococcus parasanguinis uses
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