Pseudomonas biofilm matrix composition and niche biology

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 893-916

  Mann, Ethan E ^a   Wozniak, Daniel J ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alginate; eDNA; Levan; Pel; Polysaccharide; Psl

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CELLULOSE; LEVAN; RHAMNOLIPID;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PSEUDOMONAS;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84862621176     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2011.00322.x     Document Type: Review

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