Purification and Characterization of Biofilm-Associated EPS Exopolysaccharides from ESKAPE Organisms and Other Pathogens

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Bales, Patrick M ^a   Renke, Emilija Miljkovic ^a   May, Sarah L ^a   Shen, Yang ^a   Nelson, Daniel C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; EXTRACELLULAR SLIME SUBSTANCE; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; GALACTURONIC ACID; GLUCOSE; MANNOSE; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POLYSACCHARIDE INTRACELLULAR ADHESION; RHAMNOSE; SLIME ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOSE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PURIFICATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; ACINETOBACTER; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ACINETOBACTER; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; KLEBSIELLA; MANNOSE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84879255051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067950     Document Type: Article

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