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SUBMITTER: Fleming D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7798457 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fleming Derek D Redman Whitni W Welch Garrett S GS Mdluli Nontokozo V NV Rouchon Candace N CN Frank Kristi L KL Rumbaugh Kendra P KP
Biofilm 20200901
The complexity of microbial biofilms offers several challenges to the use of traditional means of microbial research. In particular, it can be difficult to calculate accurate numbers of biofilm bacteria, because even after thorough homogenization or sonication, small pieces of the biofilm remain, which contain numerous bacterial cells and result in inaccurately low colony forming units (CFU). In addition, imaging of infected tissue <i>ex vivo</i> often results in a disparity between the CFU and ...[more]