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Editorial
. 2024 Apr 23:14:1416131.
doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1416131. eCollection 2024.

Editorial: Mechanobiology of biofilms and associated host -pathogen interactions

Tagbo H R Niepa  1   2 , Landon W Locke  3 , Timothy E Corcoran  4 , Janet S Lee  5
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Editorial: Mechanobiology of biofilms and associated host -pathogen interactions

Tagbo H R Niepa et al. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. .
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Keywords: biofilm; cell aggregates; infection; interfacial film; mechanobiology; rheology.

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