Many bacteria in nature and in persistent infections grow in communities on biofilms. A new study demonstrates that this adaptation is accompanied by a suprisingly modest change in the transcriptional profile of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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Hancock, R. A brief on bacterial biofilms. Nat Genet 29, 360 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng1201-360
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