Deacetylated microbial biofilm exopolysaccharides: It pays to be positive

PLoS Pathog. 2018 Dec 27;14(12):e1007411. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007411. eCollection 2018 Dec.

Authors

Hanna Ostapska^{1

2}, P Lynne Howell^{3

4}, Donald C Sheppard^{1

2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
² Infectious Diseases in Global Health Program, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Biofilms*
Polysaccharides*
Virulence*

Substances

Polysaccharides

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