Extracellular DNA Is Essential for Maintaining Bordetella Biofilm Integrity on Abiotic Surfaces and in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Mice

• Matt S. Conover ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Matt S. Conover, Meenu Mishra

  Affiliation Program in Molecular Genetics, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Meenu Mishra ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Matt S. Conover, Meenu Mishra

  Current address: Center for Microbial Interface Biology, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Rajendar Deora

  * E-mail: rdeora@wfubmc.edu

  Affiliations Program in Molecular Genetics, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

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