Biofilms in Wounds: New Advances in Therapy and in Healing Management

Affiliations

¹ LEPABE-Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.
² Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007, India.
³ First-Year Research Immersion Program, Binghamton Biofilm Research Center, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13904, USA.

Editorial

Célia F Rodrigues et al. Biomedicines. 2021.

. 2021 Feb 16;9(2):193.

doi: 10.3390/biomedicines9020193.

¹ LEPABE-Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal.
² Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007, India.
³ First-Year Research Immersion Program, Binghamton Biofilm Research Center, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY 13904, USA.

Abstract

Biofilms are the major way of life for both bacteria and fungi [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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