Stress, Biofilms and Iron

[Amazoniac]

A study suggesting that stress contributes to bacterial biofilm formation and also facilitates their iron uptake.
http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(03)12231-3.pdf

 

[oxidation_is_normal]

Makes sense. One can think of the presence of bacterial biofilms as whether the bacteria has serious resistance power and much further developed.