title: The phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system and biofilms in gram-positive bacteria.
abstract: This review will examine the connection between the bacterial phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system and biofilms. We will consider both the primary role of the phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system in sugar uptake by biofilm cells and its possible role in regulatory processes in cells growing as biofilms, and in establishment and maintenance of these biofilms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown, Barbados. ssutrina@uwichill.edu.bb
authors.forename: Sarah L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Sutrina
authors.forename: Tamisha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McGeary
authors.forename: Carol-Ann
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Bourne
mesh_terms: D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development*; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000502:physiology*; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System