Pseudomonas aeruginosa synthesizes an exopolysaccharide called alginate in response to environmental conditions. Alginate serves to protect the bacteria from adversity in its surroundings and also enhances adhesion to solid surfaces. Transcription of the alginate biosynthetic genes is induced upon a
Pseudomonas aeruginosabiofilms: role of the alginate exopolysaccharide
β Scribed by A Boyd; A M Chakrabarty
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 943 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1476-5535
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