Bacteriophage Isolated from Sewage Eliminates and Prevents the Establishment of Escherichia Coli Biofilm

Karla Veloso Gonçalves Ribeiro ^1,2, Cleberson Ribeiro ², Roberto Sousa Dias ², Silvia Almeida Cardoso ³, Sergio Oliveira de Paula ², Jose Cola Zanuncio ⁴, Leandro Licursi de Oliveira ² *

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