Take my breath away.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 28374675.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.25739 and PMC identifier 5380430.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
- The licence permits redistribution, so the abstract is shown in full and the full text is available from the publisher.
Abstract
A lack of oxygen activates a pathway that causes the bacterial cell wall to break down, which, in turn, aids bacterial biofilm development.
Medical subject headings
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Staphylococcus aureus