Biofilm formation by staphylococci and streptococci: Structural, functional and regulatory aspects and implications for pathogenesis

• Main Author: Pietro Speziale (auth)
• Other Authors: Joan A Geoghegan (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Streptococcus; Pathogenesis; colonization; Biofilm; Staphylococcus
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Members of the genus Staphylococcus and Streptococcus are the causative agnets of many human and animal diseases. Over the past decade the complete sequencing of many staphylococcal and streptococcal genomes has promoted a significant advance in our knowledge of these important pathogens. The pathog...