TABLE 1.
EPS components of bacterial biofilms
| Bacteria and components |
References | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pa | NTHI | St/Sty | |
| Polysaccharide | |||
| Psl | LOS | O-antigen capsule | 7, 8, 70, 81, 101, 102 |
| Pel | Cellulose | ||
| Alginate | Colanic acida | ||
| Vi-Antigenb | |||
| Protein | |||
| CdrA | 18 biofilm-specific proteins including major OMPsc P1, P2, and P5 | Curli (amyloids) BapA | 19, 20, 26, 27, 103 |
| LecA/LecB | |||
| DNABII proteins (IHF and HU) | DNABII proteins (IHF and HU) | DNABII proteins (IHF and HU) | |
| eDNA | |||
| Yes | Yes | Yes | 6, 17 |
| Others | |||
| Outer membrane vesicles | Outer membrane vesicles | Flagella | 82, 12, 17, 25, 104 |
| Type IV pili | Type IV pili | ||
| Amyloid (Fap) | |||
a Produced in non-typhoidal serovars, but not in serovar Typhi.
b Produced by typhoidal strains (serovars Typhi, Paratyphi C) as well as serovar Dublin, but not other non-typhoidal serovars.
c OMPS, outer membrane proteins.