Isolation and composition of the extracellular slime made by coagulase-negative staphylococci in a chemically defined medium

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 534-541

  Hussain, Muzaffar ^a   Hastings, J G M ^a,b   White, Peter J ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COAGULASE; CONCANAVALIN A; CULTURE MEDIA; LECTINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026021434     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/163.3.534     Document Type: Article

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