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“It’s a gut feeling” – Escherichia coli biofilm formation in the gastrointestinal tract environment

Elio RossiDepartment of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; ;Novo Nordisk Center for Biosustainabiliy, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-2042-608XView further author information
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Annika CimdinsDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; ;Institute of Hygiene, University of Münster, Münster, Germany; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7414-9914View further author information
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Petra LüthjeDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; ;Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, SwedenView further author information
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Annelie BraunerDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-5533-6837View further author information
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Åsa SjölingDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-1529-1720View further author information
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Paolo LandiniDepartment of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; Correspondence[email protected]
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Ute RömlingDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 1-30 | Received 30 Sep 2016, Accepted 04 Mar 2017, Published online: 09 May 2017

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