… The significance of extracellular DNA (eDNA) in biofilms was overlooked until … just starting
to emerge. In this review, we discuss how eDNA is produced, how it aids bacterial adhesion, …

… Extracellular DNA (eDNA) is an important component of the biofilm matrix. We show that …
from Gram-positive bacteria reduces initial adhesion to and aggregation of bacteria on surfaces. …

… Summarily, binding of eDNA with other biopolymers appears to be integral to bacterial adhesion
… Extracellular DNA has also been shown to enhance initial attachment of N. meningitidis. …

… particularly for initial attachment and in the early stages of bacterial biofilm formation [5–15]. …
of the biofilm matrix during both initial attachment and early biofilm formation. Enzymatic …

… first step of biofilm formation involves bacteria adhering … Bacterial adhesion on an abiotic
surface is primarily driven by nonspecific (ie, hydrophobic interactions) forces while adhesion to …

… eDNA's role in attachment and biofilm formation eDNA's role in initial bacterial attachment
and the … treatment and quantifying initial cell attachment or changes in biomass of the biofilms. …

… of bacterial extracellular matrix architecture represents the first … -stimulated Staphylococcus
xylosus bacterial adhesion was only … favorable conditions for bacterial adhesion to neutrally …

… initial adhesion of planktonic bacteria.10, 11 EPS is primarily composed of proteins,
polysaccharides and extracellular DNA … unprecedented reductions of initial bacterial adhesion for …

… In most bacterial species, biofilm formation is mediated via bacterial … extracellular DNA
(eDNA) is involved in bacterial adhesion to surfaces and cell-to-cell attachment during the initial …

… Early studies focused on polysaccharide components of EPS. … DNA was first shown to occur
in the EPS of P. aeruginosa … matrix of biofilms has been termed extracellular DNA (eDNA) (47…