contact inhibition

The cessation of cellular growth and division due to physical contact with other cells.

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Kotsanas and Gillespie (2016) tested the zone of inhibition and contact inhibition against a range of microorganisms including gram negative: extended-spectrum[beta]-lactamase Escherichia coli, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa; and gram positive: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium, and coagulase-negative staphylococci), Candida albicans, and spores of Clostridium difficile.

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When neural crest cells make contact with placode cells, contact inhibition causes the placode cells to run away.

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