The role of exopolymers in bacterial adhesion

The importance of exopolymers in cell adhesion to a hydrophilic surface was established by studying the adhesion of three mutants of Sphingomonas paucimobilis, high, medium and low polysaccharide producers, to non coated and coated glass with the respective exopolymer. TR and CV were found to produc...

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Main Author: Azeredo, Joana (author)
Other Authors: Fialho, Arsénio (author), Oliveira, Rosário (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 1999
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/4483
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/4483