Dynamic remodeling of microbial biofilms by functionally distinct exopolysaccharides

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Chew, Su Chuen, Kundukad, Binu, Seviour, Thomas, Van der Maarel, Johan R. C., Yang, Liang, Rice, Scott A., Doyle, Patrick, Kjelleberg, Staffan
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Biological Sciences
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2014
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101844; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24214

Biofilms are densely populated communities of microbial cells protected and held together by a matrix of extracellular polymeric substances. The structure and rheological properties of the matrix at the microscale influence the retention and transport of molecules and cells in the biofilm, thereby d...