The role of exopolymers in Sphingomonas paucimobilis attachment and biofilm formation
Exopolymers have an important role in biofilm formation, being involved in the initial adhesion events and influencing the biofilm characteristics. The results of a study with a strain of Sphingomonas paucimobilis that excretes a polysaccharide gum (gellan) has been used to exemplify the role of exo...
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| Format: | bookPart |
| Language: | eng |
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2001
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1822/25725 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/25725 |