Phenazine production enhances extracellular DNA release via hydrogen peroxide generation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Das, Theerthankar ^a   Manefield, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extracellular DNA; Hydrogen peroxide; Phenazines; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84879111940     PISSN: 19420889     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.23570     Document Type: Article

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