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The Pel Polysaccharide Can Serve a Structural and Protective Role in the Biofilm Matrix of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Bacterial extracellular polysaccharides are a key constituent of the extracellular matrix material of biofilms. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a model organism for biofilm studies and produces three extracellular polysaccharides that have been implicated in biofilm development, alginate, Psl and Pel. Sig...

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Autores principales: Colvin, Kelly M., Gordon, Vernita D., Murakami, Keiji, Borlee, Bradley R., Wozniak, Daniel J., Wong, Gerard C. L., Parsek, Matthew R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3029257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21298031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1001264