Cell surface hydrophobicity and slime production of Staphylococcus epidermidis Brazilian isolates

Current Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 280-286

  Krepsky, Natascha ^a   Rocha Ferreira, Rosana Barreto ^a   Ferreira Nunes, Ana Paula ^a   Casado Lins, Ulisses Garcia ^a   Costa e Silva Filho, Fernando ^a   De Mattos Guaraldi, Ana Luiza ^b   Netto dosSantos, Kátia Regina ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; HEXADECANE; POLYSTYRENE; PROTEINASE K; BIOPOLYMER; GLASS; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL SURFACE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GLASS ADHERENCE TEST; GLASS TUBE ADHERENCE ASSAY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIAL ADHERENCE TO N HEXADECANE TEST; NONHUMAN; POLYSTYRENE ADHERENCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT AGGREGATION TEST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; ADHESION; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ADHESIVENESS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; BIOPOLYMERS; BRAZIL; GLASS; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYSTYRENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0038142692     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-3868-5     Document Type: Article

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