Alginate production by Pseudomonas putida creates a hydrated microenvironment and contributes to biofilm architecture and stress tolerance under water-limiting conditions

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 8290-8299

  Chang, Woo Suk ^a,b   Van De Mortel, Martijn ^a   Nielsen, Lindsey ^a   De Guzman, Gabriela Nino ^a   Li, Xiaohong ^a   Halverson, Larry J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; BIOSENSOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; HYDRATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; STRESS; WATER LOSS;

ALGINATES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; WATER;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS GROUP; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. SYRINGAE;

EID: 36549035342     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00727-07     Document Type: Conference Paper

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