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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Secor PR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4653043 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cell host & microbe 20151101 5
Biofilms-communities of bacteria encased in a polymer-rich matrix-confer bacteria with the ability to persist in pathologic host contexts, such as the cystic fibrosis (CF) airways. How bacteria assemble polymers into biofilms is largely unknown. We find that the extracellular matrix produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa self-assembles into a liquid crystal through entropic interactions between polymers and filamentous Pf bacteriophages, which are long, negatively charged filaments. This liquid crys ...[more]