In vivo presence of capsular polysaccharide in coagulase-negative staphylococci of ovine origin

New Microbiologica

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-54

  Burriel, A R ^a  

^a Dept Farm Anim Equine Med Surg ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsular polysaccharide; Capsule; Coagulase Negative Staphylococci; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; MASTITIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STAINING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; COAGULASE; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MASTITIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEGATIVE STAINING; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031608016     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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