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SUBMITTER: Ma L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2168683 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ma Luyan L Lu Haiping H Sprinkle April A Parsek Matthew R MR Wozniak Daniel J DJ
Journal of bacteriology 20070713 22
The Pseudomonas aeruginosa polysaccharide synthesis locus (psl) is predicted to encode an exopolysaccharide which is critical for biofilm formation. Here we used chemical composition analyses and mannose- or galactose-specific lectin staining, followed by confocal laser scanning microscopy and electron microscopy, to show that Psl is a galactose-rich and mannose-rich exopolysaccharide. ...[more]