Biofilm susceptibility to bacteriophage attack: The role of phage-borne polysaccharide depolymerase

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3039-3047

  Hughes, Kevin A ^a   Sutherland, Ian W ^b   Jones, Martin V ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Biofilm; Exopolysaccharide; Polysaccharide depolymerase; Virus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; ENTEROBACTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER AGGLOMERANS; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0031737099     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-11-3039     Document Type: Article

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