With a little help from my friends : cooperation and competition in mixed-species biofilms.
Extracellular polysaccharide is essential in biofilm establishment. Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces three types of polysaccharides, alginate, Pel and Psl. Non-mucoid strains, such as PAO1 used in the study, rely mainly on Psl polysaccharide as an attachment factor for biofilm development. Studies pe...
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| Format: | Final Year Project (FYP) |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52741 |