Adhesion to bile drain materials and physicochemical surface properties of Enterococcus faecalis strains grown in the presence of bile

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 3855-3858

  Waar, Karola ^a   Van der Mei, Henny C ^a   Harmsen, Hermie J M ^a   Degener, John E ^a   Busscher, Henk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; AGGLOMERATION; BACTERIA; NITROGEN; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROTEINS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

DRAIN MATERIALS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOMATERIAL; OXYGEN; PROTEIN AGG; PROTEIN ESP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BILE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BILE; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROSTATICS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036325196     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.8.3855-3858.2002     Document Type: Article

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