The extracellular matrix protects Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms by limiting the penetration of tobramycin

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2865-2878

  Tseng, Boo Shan ^a   Zhang, Wei ^b   Harrison, Joe J ^a   Quach, Tam P ^a   Song, Jisun Lee ^b   Penterman, Jon ^a,c   Singh, Pradeep K ^a   Chopp, David L ^b   Packman, Aaron I ^b   Parsek, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CIPROFLOXACIN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TOBRAMYCIN;

EID: 84885178344     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12155     Document Type: Article

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