| Literature DB >> 20889758 |
Lucas B Pontel1, Alejandro Pezza, Fernando C Soncini.
Abstract
Salmonella ΔcuiD strains form mucoid colonies on copper-containing solid media. We show here that this multiaggregative behavior is caused by the Rcs-dependent induction of colanic acid extracellular polysaccharide. Deletion of cps operon genes in a ΔcuiD strain increased the sensitivity to copper, indicating a role for colanic acid in copper resistance.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20889758 PMCID: PMC2981218 DOI: 10.1128/JB.00781-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490