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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Main Author: Goh, Joee Jie Xuan.
Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52741
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English