Characterization of the poly-β-1,6-N-acetylglucosamine polysaccharide component of Burkholderia biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 8303-8309

  Yakandawala, Nandadeva ^a   Gawande, Purushottam V ^a   LoVetri, Karen ^a   Cardona, Silvia T ^b   Romeo, Tony ^c   Nitz, Mark ^d   Madhyastha, Srinivasa ^a  

^a Kane Biotech Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM FORMATION; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA MULTIVORANS; CHRONIC INFECTION; COMPLEMENTATION; CONFOCAL SCANNING LASER MICROSCOPY; DISPERSIN B; E. COLI; IMMUNOBLOTS; IMMUNOREACTIVITIES; MULTI-LAYERED; TEST ORGANISMS; WILD TYPES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES;

BIOFILMS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GLUCAN; DISPERSIN B, ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; GLYCOSIDASE; POLY N ACETYL 1 6 GLUCOSAMINE; POLY-N-ACETYL-1-6-GLUCOSAMINE;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; IMMUNOASSAY; INHIBITION; PERSISTENCE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GLUCANS; BIOFILMS; BURKHOLDERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 83255188008     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05814-11     Document Type: Article

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