Mariana Grillo-Puertas et al.
PloS one, 7(11), e50368-e50368 (2012-12-12)
In most natural environments, association with a surface in a structure known as biofilm is the prevailing microbial life-style of bacteria. Polyphosphate (polyP), an ubiquitous linear polymer of hundreds of orthophosphate residues, has a crucial role in stress responses, stationary-phase