Low Concentrations of Vitamin C Reduce the Synthesis of Extracellular Polymers and Destabilize Bacterial Biofilms

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) produced by bacteria form a matrix supporting the complex three-dimensional architecture of biofilms. This EPS matrix is primarily composed of polysaccharides, proteins and extracellular DNA. In addition to supporting the community structure, the EPS matrix p...

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Autores principales: Pandit, Santosh, Ravikumar, Vaishnavi, Abdel-Haleem, Alyaa M., Derouiche, Abderahmane, Mokkapati, V. R. S. S., Sihlbom, Carina, Mineta, Katsuhiko, Gojobori, Takashi, Gao, Xin, Westerlund, Fredrik, Mijakovic, Ivan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
Materias:
Microbiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5748153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29317857
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02599

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5748153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29317857
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02599

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