The EPS Matrix: The “House of Biofilm Cells”

By H. Flemming, T. Neu, D. Wozniak. Journal of Bacteriology, 2007

1,622 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Molecular Biology, Pollution

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In Ecology

1. H. Flemming
2. T. Gutierrez
3. A. Decho
4. I. Berman‐Frank
5. J. Wingender
6. J. Raaijmakers
7. P. Watnick
8. E. Kuramae

In Molecular Biology

1. H. Flemming
2. T. Gutierrez
3. A. Decho
4. Anthony I. Okoh
5. P. Sharma
6. T. E. Cloete
7. Henk J. Busscher
8. J. Wingender

In Pollution

1. H. Flemming
2. J. Wingender
3. T. Gutierrez
4. Anthony I. Okoh
5. C. C. de Carvalho
6. G. Underwood
7. O. P. Abioye

Citations in the corpus

• Protease and amylase enzymes for biofilm removal and degradation of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens bacteria (2010, background): “As the cells remain attached to the surface for some time, they secret sticky extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) forming a biofilm matrix that embeds several layers of bacterial cells once the biofilms mature (Orgaz et al., 2006; Flemming et al., 2007).”
• The biofilm matrix (2010, background): “EPS have been called 'the dark matter of biofilms' because of the large range of matrix biopolymers and the difficulty in analysing the”
• Signals, Regulatory Networks, and Materials That Build and Break Bacterial Biofilms (2009, background): “The view of the biofilm matrix as an inert structural casing has been changing to one that is dynamic and interactive and has been the subject of some excellent recent reviews (40, 85).”
• Bacterial Exopolysaccharides: Functionality and Prospects (2012, background): “Structural elucidation of bacterial surface polysaccharides and advances in immunology has led to the development of capsular polysaccharide based vaccines [33], which has been largely successful in combating infectious disease.”
• A Functional DNase I Coating to Prevent Adhesion of Bacteria and the Formation of Biofilm (2013, background): “EPS is primarily composed of proteins, polysaccharides and extracellular DNA (eDNA) and is often referred to as the glue or cement that holds a biofilm together in its 3-dimensional housing [7].”
• Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPSs) in Ocean Systems (2017, background): “For this reason, it has been called the ‘ dark matter ’ of biofilms (Flemming et al., 2007).”
• Transparent exopolymer particles: Potential agents for organic fouling and biofilm formation in desalination and water treatment plants (2009, background): “At present, we have no way of discriminating between a “classical” EPS matrix, generated by growing biofilm bacteria [11], and EPS derived from planktonic TEP in the overlying water.”