Clostridioides difficile biofilms: A mechanism of persistence in the gut?

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Lucy R. Frost

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Jeffrey K. J. Cheng

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Meera Unnikrishnan

* E-mail: m.unnikrishnan@warwick.ac.uk

Affiliation Division of Biomedical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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