Biofilm vs. planktonic bacterial mode of growth: Which do human macrophages prefer?
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Hernández-Jiménez, Enrique; del Campo, Rosa; Toledano, Victor; Vallejo-Cremades, Maria Teresa; Muñoz, Aurora; Largo, Carlota; Arnalich, Francisco; García-Rio, Francisco; Cubillos-Zapata, Carolina; López-Collazo, Eduardo
- Source
- Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications. Nov2013, Vol. 441 Issue 4, p947-952. 6p.
- Subject
- *PLANKTON
*BACTERIAL growth
*BIOFILMS
*PHAGOCYTOSIS
*MACROPHAGES
*PHAGOCYTES
*BACTERIAL antigens
- Language
- ISSN
- 0006-291X
Highlights: [•] Bacteria with “a biofilm background” avoid phagocytosis by macrophages. [•] Macrophages reduced their ability to phagocytize planktonic when CD64 was blocking. [•] Macrophages phagocytize preferably ST131 grown as planktonic than as biofilm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]