Role of exopolysaccharides in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation and architecture
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...The various exopolysaccharides and eDNA were shown to interactively contribute to the biofilm architecture (Ghafoor et al., 2011)....
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...These EPS play an important role in resistance to immune responses and antibiotic treatments (Ghafoor et al., 2011; Gellatly and Hancock, 2013; Strempel et al., 2013)....
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...These studies, corroborated by more recent work, demonstrate that the Psl and Pel PSs provide attachment and structural support for nonmucoid and mucoid biofilms (116, 117), while alginate contributes to generation of a unique architecture (112, 114, 115)....
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...aeruginosa alginate, demonstrating that mucoid biofilms contain more viable cells than nonmucoid biofilms and are more resistant to DNase treatment (116, 117)....
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...Ghafoor et al. (2011) show that greater Pel production occurs in the absence of Psl....
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...aeruginosa biofilms are also common on medical devices, such as contact lenses and catheters (20)....
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...However, in mature biofilms, such DNase treatment showed little impact on biofilm architecture (34)....
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...Previous studies suggested that eDNA plays an important role in biofilms as a cation-chelating and antibiotic resistance-inducing matrix component (18, 34)....
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