Depolymerization of β-1,6-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine disrupts the integrity of diverse bacterial biofilms

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 382-387

  Itoh, Yoshikane ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Joseph Hinnebusch, B ^b   Preston III, James F ^c   Romeo, Tony ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BETA 1,6 N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; GENE PRODUCT; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PROTEIN ICAABCD; PROTEIN PGAABCD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFILM; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; BIOFILMS; OPERON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 11144330206     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.1.382-387.2005     Document Type: Article

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