The ability of bacteria to use Na-hyaluronate as a nutrient

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 566-568

  Costagliola, Ciro ^a,d   Del Prete, Antonio ^a   Winkler, Neil R ^b   Carpineto, Paolo ^c   Ciancaglini, Marco ^c   Piccolomini, Raffaele ^c   Mastropasqua, Leonardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b US Naval Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacteria strains; Culture medium; Endophthalmitis; Healon; Healon GV; Hyaluronic acid; Hyaluronidase

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; COLONY FORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0030465509     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1996.tb00736.x     Document Type: Article

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