The gene bap, involved in biofilm production, is present in Staphylococcus spp. strains from nosocomial infections

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-326

  Potter, Amina ^a   Ceotto, Hilana ^a   Giambiagi deMarval, Marcia ^a   dos Santos, Kátia Regina Netto ^a   Nes, Ingolf F ^b   Bastos, Maria do Carmo de Freire ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bap gene; Biofilm; Nosocomial staphylococci; Staphylococcus cohnii; Staphylococcus haemolyticus

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS COHNII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BRAZIL; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 68349097504     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-009-0008-y     Document Type: Article

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