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Sebastian Jäger1, Dietrich Mack, Holger Rohde, Matthias A Horstkotte, Johannes K-M Knobloch.
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To evaluate the role of the polysaccharide intercellular adhesin as an energy-storage molecule, we investigated the effect of nutrient limitation on S. epidermidis biofilms. The stability of established biofilms depends on sigma(B) activity; however, the slow decay of biofilms under conditions of nutrient limitation reveal its use as an energy-storage molecule to be unlikely.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16151151 PMCID: PMC1214654 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.9.5577-5581.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792