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. 2012 Jul 30;109(32):12848–12849. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1210297109

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1.

Stealth swimmers tunnel into bacterial biofilms. The generation of transient pores by the swimmers improves diffusion limitations (A). Through the use of engineered swimmers that express antimicrobial agents, probiotic biofilm treatments that target problematic chronic infections, such as those infections caused by S. aureus (B), could be developed.