Dynamic remodeling of microbial biofilms by functionally distinct exopolysaccharides

mBio

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Chew, Su Chuen ^a,b   Kundukad, Binu ^d   Seviour, Thomas ^b   Van der Maarel, Johan R C ^d   Yang, Liang ^b,c   Rice, Scott A ^b,c,e   Doyle, Patrick ^d,f   Kjelleberg, Staffan ^b,c,e  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE PEL; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE PSL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ELASTICITY; FLOW KINETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME; VISCOSITY; WILD TYPE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

BIOFILMS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84908270951     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01536-14     Document Type: Article

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