@article{mbs:/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-144-5-1133, author = "Gacesa, Peter", title = "Bacterial alginate biosynthesis – recent progress and future prospects", journal= "Microbiology", year = "1998", volume = "144", number = "5", pages = "1133-1143", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-144-5-1133", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-144-5-1133", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2080", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Pseudomonas", keywords = "Azotobacter", keywords = "exopolysaccharide", keywords = "alginate", abstract = "The extracellular polysaccharide alginate has been widely associated with chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in the cystic fibrosis lung. However, it is clear that alginate biosynthesis is a more widespread phenomenon. Alginate plays a key role as a virulence factor of plant-pathogenic pseudomonads, in the formation of biofilms and with the encystment process of Azotobacter spp.", }