Biofilm formation by staphylococcus haemolyticus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1172-1180

  Fredheim, Elizabeth Gladys Aarag ^a   Klingenberg, Claus ^a,b   Rohde, Holger ^c   Frankenberger, Stephanie ^c   Gaustad, Peter ^d   Flægstad, Trond ^a,b   Sollid, Johanna Ericson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENE PRODUCT; GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; ADULT; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249087871     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01891-08     Document Type: Article

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