Article
Chemical analysis of cellular and extracellular carbohydrates of a biofilm-forming strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14.
PloS one - 3 Dec 2010
Coulon Charlène, Vinogradov Evgeny, Filloux Alain, Sadovskaya Irina
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative bacterium and an opportunistic pathogen, which causes persisting life-threatening infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Biofilm mode of growth facilitates its survival in a variety of environments. Most P. aeruginosa isolates, including the non-mucoid laboratory strain PA14, are able to form a thick pellicle, which results in a surface-associated...
Topics
- Biofilms
- Carbohydrates
- Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
- Fatty Acids
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- O Antigens
- Phenotype
- Phosphorylation
- Polymers
- Polysaccharides