Vancomycin heteroresistance and biofilm formation in Staphylococcus epidermidis from food

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3224-3231

  Gazzola, Simona ^a   Cocconcelli, Pier Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; AUTOLYSIN E; GLYCOPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ORGANISM; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL WALL; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD PRESERVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL WALL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 55549085887     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2008/021154-0     Document Type: Article

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