Conjugative plasmid transfer and adhesion dynamics in an Escherichia 1 coli biofilm 2 3
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3 Cheryl-lynn Y. Ong, Scott A Beatson, Alastair G. McEwan, and Mark A. Schembri * 4 5 School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 6 Queensland 4072, Australia. 7 8 Running Title: Dynamics of an evolving E. coli biofilm 9 10
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Conjugative plasmid transfer and adhesion dynamics in an Escherichia coli biofilm.
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