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SUBMITTER: Solokhina A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5569076 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Solokhina Anna A Brückner David D Bonkat Gernot G Braissant Olivier O
Scientific reports 20170823 1
Mycobacteria are classified into two groups, fast- and slow-growing. Often, fast-growing mycobacteria are assumed to have a higher metabolic activity than their slower counterparts, but in mature biofilms this assumption might not be correct. Indeed, when measuring the metabolic activity of mycobacterial biofilms with two independent non-invasive techniques (isothermal microcalorimetry and tunable diode laser absorption spectrometry), mature biofilms of slow- and fast-growing species appeared mo ...[more]