Atomic force microscopy study on specificity and non-specificity of interaction forces between Enterococcus faecalis cells with and without aggregation substance

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2459-2464

  Waar, Karola ^a   van der Mei, Henny C ^a   Harmsen, Hermie J M ^a   de Vries, Joop ^a   Atema Smit, Jelly ^a   Degener, John E ^a   Busscher, Henk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION SUBSTANCE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOMATERIAL; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ASA1; PROTEIN ASA373; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL INTERACTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 22144465180     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27877-0     Document Type: Article

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