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UMass Chan Med Sch, Dept Med, Div Innate Immun, Lab Dendrit Cell Biol, Worcester, MA 01655 USAUMass Chan Med Sch, Dept Med, Div Innate Immun, Lab Dendrit Cell Biol, Worcester, MA 01655 USA
Gallucci, Stefania
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机构:
[1] UMass Chan Med Sch, Dept Med, Div Innate Immun, Lab Dendrit Cell Biol, Worcester, MA 01655 USA
Biofilms are communities of bacteria immersed in an extracellular matrix. Biofilms are considered a defensive strategy that protects bacteria from a hostile environment, including our immune system. Vidakovic et al. recently reported that Vibrio cholerae can build biofilms around immune cells and kill them, discovering an aggressive role for biofilms.