Enzymatic modifications of exopolysaccharides enhance bacterial persistence

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Whitfield, Gregory B ^a,b   Marmont, Lindsey S ^a,b   Howell, P Lynne ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alginate; Biofilm; Cepacian; Exopolysaccharide; PEL; PIA; PNAG; VPS

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CEPACIAN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN POLYSULFATE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PEL POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYMER; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACYLATION AND DEACYLATION; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; EPIMERIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO;

EID: 84931261643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00596     Document Type: Review

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