Convergence of Staphylococcus aureus Persister and Biofilm Research: Can Biofilms Be Defined as Communities of Adherent Persister Cells?

• Elaine M. Waters,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

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• Sarah E. Rowe,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• James P. O'Gara ,

  * E-mail: jamesp.ogara@nuigalway.ie (JPO); bconlon@med.unc.edu (BPC)

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3866-7161

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• Brian P. Conlon

  * E-mail: jamesp.ogara@nuigalway.ie (JPO); bconlon@med.unc.edu (BPC)

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2155-8375

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