Enterococcus faecalis strains show culture heterogeneity in cell surface charge

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 807-814

  van Merode, Annet E J ^a   van der Mei, Henry C ^a   Busscher, Henk J ^a   Waar, Karola ^a   Krom, Bastiaan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BILE; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PH; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENETIC CODE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLASMID; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; STENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BILE; BILE DUCTS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; STENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 33645106893     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28460-0     Document Type: Article

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