First Evidence That Bacteria Get 'Touchy-feely' About Dangerous ...

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Courtesy ScienceDaily  Tue, 05/20/2008 - 00:45

Researchers report for the first time that bacteria use a sense of touch in deciding where to form biofilms. Those colonies of microbes grow on medical implants and other devices and play a key role in the multi-billion-dollar-per-year problem of antibiotic resistant infections.

The finding could lead to safer implant materials for fighting biofilms, which are linked to thousands of deaths each year, the scientists say.

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