Misleading mental models: Ceci n'est pas un biofilm

Peter Østrup Jensen^{1

2}, Kendra Rumbaugh³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Costerton Biofilm Center, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
³ Departments of Surgery and Immunology and Molecular Microbiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.

Editorial

Peter Østrup Jensen et al. APMIS. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;129(10):577-578.

doi: 10.1111/apm.13172.

Peter Østrup Jensen^{1

2}, Kendra Rumbaugh³

¹ Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Costerton Biofilm Center, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Department of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
³ Departments of Surgery and Immunology and Molecular Microbiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.

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The impact of mental models on the treatment and research of chronic infections due to biofilms.
Bjarnsholt T, Mastroianni E, Kirketerp-Møller K, Stewart PS, Mähr AM, Domínguez Cabañes A, Nørager R. Bjarnsholt T, et al. APMIS. 2021 Oct;129(10):598-606. doi: 10.1111/apm.13163. Epub 2021 Aug 3. APMIS. 2021. PMID: 34120370

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