The roles of biofilm matrix polysaccharide Psl in mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 377-380

  Ma, Luyan ^a   Wang, Shiwei ^a   Wang, Di ^a   Parsek, Matthew R ^b   Wozniak, Daniel J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Mucoid biofilm; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Psl polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; PSL POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BIOFILMS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84862777354     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.00934.x     Document Type: Article

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