Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 exopolysaccharides are important for mixed species biofilm community development and stress tolerance

• Main Authors: Periasamy, Saravanan, Nair, Harikrishnan A. S., Lee, Kai Wei Kelvin, Ong, Jolene, Goh, Jie Q. J., Kjelleberg, Staffan, Rice, Scott A.
• Other Authors: Interdisciplinary Graduate School (IGS)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Exopolysaccharides; Biofilms; Mixedspeciesconsortia; Interspeciescompetition; Stresstolerance
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80926; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39045
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 produces three polysaccharides, alginate, Psl, and Pel that play distinct roles in attachment and biofilm formation for monospecies biofilms. Considerably less is known about their role in the development of mixed species biofilm communities. This study has investigated t...