Modelling persistent Mycoplasma pneumoniae biofilm infections in a submerged BEAS-2B bronchial epithelial tissue culture model.

Conclusion . M. pneumoniae can form protective biofilms in a tissue culture model, implicating biofilms in chronic infections, with aggregates of M. pneumoniae cells being important for establishing infections.
PMID: 33170120 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - November 10, 2020 Category: Microbiology Authors: Feng M, Burgess AC, Cuellar RR, Schwab NR, Balish MF Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research