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Enhanced biofilm formation by Escherichia coli LPS mutants defective in Hep biosynthesis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Nakao Ryoma, Ramstedt Madeleine, Wai Sun Nyunt, Uhlin Bernt Eric
Abstract excerpt
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is the major component of the surface of Gram-negative bacteria and its polysaccharide portion is situated at the outermost region. We investigated the relationship between the polysaccharide portion of LPS and biofilm formation using a series of Escherichia coli mutants defective in genes earlier shown to affect the LPS sugar compositions. Biofilm formation by a deep rough LPS mutant,...
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