Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "biofilm"

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    • Biofilms in Infections of the Eye 

      Bispo, Paulo J. M.; Haas, Wolfgang; Gilmore, Michael S. (MDPI, 2015)
      The ability to form biofilms in a variety of environments is a common trait of bacteria, and may represent one of the earliest defenses against predation. Biofilms are multicellular communities usually held together by a ...

    • Emerging Knowledge of Regulatory Roles of D-Amino Acids in Bacteria 

      Cava, Felipe; Lam, Hubert; de Pedro, Miguel A.; Waldor, Matthew K (Springer Verlag, 2010)
      The D-enantiomers of amino acids have been thought to have relatively minor functions in biological processes. While L-amino acids clearly predominate in nature, D-amino acids are sometimes found in proteins that are not ...