Article
Comparison of the adhesion properties of Deleya marina and the exopolysaccharide-defective mutant strain DMR.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 1991
Shea C, Nunley J W, Williamson J C, Smith-Somerville H E
Abstract excerpt
Deleya marina 219 (ATCC 25374) produces large quantities of an acidic exopolysaccharide and characteristically forms mucoid colonies and large aggregates of cells. The exopolysaccharide of wild-type D. marina cells appears to occur as both film and fibrils in electron micrographs. The organization of exopolymeric material was indicative of structural heterogeneity. A spontaneous rough-colony mutant defective in...
Topics
- Bacteria
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
- Colony Count, Microbial
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Polysaccharides, Bacterial