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Biosynthesis of uronamide sugars in Pseudomonas aeruginosa O6 and Escherichia coli O121 O antigens.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 2010
King Jerry D, Vinogradov Evgeny, Tran Vanessa, Lam Joseph S
Abstract excerpt
The major component of the outer leaflet of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria is lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The outermost domain of LPS is a polysaccharide called O antigen. Pseudomonas aeruginosa establishes biofilms on wet surfaces in a wide range of habitats and mutations in O-antigen biosynthesis genes affect bacterial adhesion and the structure of these biofilms. The P. aeruginosa O6 O antigen...
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