Evaluation of different detection methods of biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-106

  Knobloch, Johannes K M ^a   Horstkotte, Matthias A ^a   Rohde, Holger ^a   Mack, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Congo red; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CONGO RED;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TUBE;

AGAR; BIOFILMS; CASEINS; CONGO RED; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036400720     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-002-0124-3     Document Type: Article

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