Characterization of Tn917 insertion mutants of Staphylococcus epidermidis affected in biofilm formation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 277-282

  Heilmann, Christine ^a   Gerke, Christiane ^a   Perdreau Remington, Francoise ^b   Götz, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; PLASTIC; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0030058648     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.1.277-282.1996     Document Type: Article

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