EXTRACELLULAR DNA IS ESSENTIAL FOR MAINTAINING BORDETELLA BIOFILM INTEGRITY ON ABIOTIC SURFACES AND IN THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OF MICE.

Extracellular DNA is essential for maintaining Bordetella biofilm integrity on abiotic surfaces and in the upper respiratory tract of mice.

Bacteria form complex and highly elaborate surface adherent communities known as biofilms which are held together by a self-produced extracellular matrix.We have previously shown that by adopting a biofilm mode of existence in vivo, the gram negative bacterial pathogens Bordetella bronchiseptica and Bordetella pertussis are able to efficiently colo

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Safety Assessment of Recycled Plastics from Post-Consumer Waste with a Combination of a Miniaturized Ames Test and Chromatographic Analysis

European circular economy goals require the use of recycled polymers in sensitive applications such as food packaging.As plastic recyclates can contain unknown post-consumer substances, the European Food Safety Authority evaluates recycling processes using a worst-case assumption: all contaminants are DNA-reactive mutagens/carcinogens with extremel

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