Distinct roles of extracellular polymeric substances in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1705-1717

  Yang, Liang ^a   Hu, Yifan ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Zhang, Jingdong ^a   Ulstrup, Jens ^a   Molin, Søren ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE, PSEUDOMONAS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 79959836714     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02503.x     Document Type: Article

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