Polymer Science Faculty Research

Extracellular Polymeric Substances as Armour Against Cytotoxic Minerals: Survival of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Cells in Oxide Particle Suspensions

Nita Sahai, The University of Akron

Abstract

Our study explored the effects of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) on the susceptibility to lysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in suspensions of oxide particles.