Isolation and biochemical characterization of extracellular polymeric substances from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Abstract

Publisher This chapter discusses that Biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa have been intensively studied during the last decade. Pseudomonas aeruginosa offers several advantages as a model organism in biofilm research. This gram-negative bacterium is well characterized with respect to its molecular genetics, biochemistry, and physiology; it is also of hygienic relevance as an opportunistic pathogen, because biofilms harboring this bacterium in technical water systems and on medical devices may be a source of human infections. The extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of P. aeruginosa predominantly consist of different polysaccharides and proteins. Mucoid variants of P. aeruginosa are charac..