Reduction in Exopolysaccharide Viscosity as an Aid to Bacteriophage Penetration through Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2746-2753

  Hanlon, Geoffrey W ^a   Denyer, Stephen P ^a   Olliff, Cedric J ^a   Ibrahim, Lamia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE, PSEUDOMONAS;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIFFUSION; FLOW KINETICS; GEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGE; VIROLOGY; VISCOSITY;

ALGINATES; BIOFILMS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIFFUSION; GELS; HUMANS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PHAGES; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0035377204     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.6.2746-2753.2001     Document Type: Article

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