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Review
. 2008:322:249-89.
doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-75418-3_12.

Escherichia coli biofilms

C Beloin  1 , A Roux, J M Ghigo
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Review

Escherichia coli biofilms

C Beloin et al. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2008.

Abstract

Escherichia coli is a predominant species among facultative anaerobic bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract. Both its frequent community lifestyle and the availability of a wide array of genetic tools contributed to establish E. coli as a relevant model organism for the study of surface colonization. Several key factors, including different extracellular appendages, are implicated in E. coli surface colonization and their expression and activity are finely regulated, both in space and time, to ensure productive events leading to mature biofilm formation. This chapter will present known molecular mechanisms underlying biofilm development in both commensal and pathogenic E. coli.

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