mBio (Feb 2021)

A Heterogeneously Expressed Gene Family Modulates the Biofilm Architecture and Hypoxic Growth of <i>Aspergillus fumigatus</i>

  • Caitlin H. Kowalski,
  • Kaesi A. Morelli,
  • Jason E. Stajich,
  • Carey D. Nadell,
  • Robert A. Cramer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03579-20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1

Abstract

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The manipulation of microbial biofilms in industrial and clinical applications remains a difficult task. The problem is particularly acute with regard to filamentous fungal biofilms for which molecular mechanisms of biofilm formation, maintenance, and function are only just being elucidated.