Extracellular DNA required for bacterial biofilm formation

Science. 2002 Feb 22;295(5559):1487. doi: 10.1126/science.295.5559.1487.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Biofilms / growth & development*
  • Culture Media
  • Cystic Fibrosis / complications
  • Cystic Fibrosis / drug therapy
  • Cystic Fibrosis / microbiology
  • DNA, Bacterial / physiology*
  • Deoxyribonuclease I / metabolism*
  • Deoxyribonuclease I / pharmacology
  • Deoxyribonuclease I / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Pseudomonas Infections / prevention & control
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / physiology*

Substances

  • Culture Media
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Deoxyribonuclease I