A 140-kilodalton extracellular protein is essential for the accumulation of Staphylococcus epidermidis strains on surfaces.

Two distinct pathogenic mechanisms, adhesion to polymer surfaces and subsequent accumulation of sessile bacterial cells, are considered important pathogenic steps in foreign body infections caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis. By using mitomycin mutagenesis, we have recently generated a mutant, str...

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Main Authors: Hussain, M, Herrmann, M, von Eiff, C, Perdreau-Remington, F, Peters, G
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1997
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC176090/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9009307
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