Evidence for autolysin-mediated primary attachment of Staphylococcus epidermidis to a polystyrene surface

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1013-1024

  Heilmann, Christine ^a   Hussain, Muzaffar ^a   Peters, Georg ^a   Götz, Friedrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; DNA FRAGMENT; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOSAMINIDASE; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; DNA SEQUENCE; FOREIGN BODY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0030798156     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4101774.x     Document Type: Article

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