Influence of batch or fed-batch growth on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 420-424

  Cerca, N ^a   Pier, G B ^b   Vilanova, M ^c   Oliveira, R ^a   Azeredo, Joana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acrylic; Haemagglutination; Medical devices; Nosocomial infections; PNAG; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

BATCH SYSTEMS; BIOFILM FORMATION; EPIDERMIDIS; FED BATCHES; HEMAGGLUTINATION; MEDICAL DEVICES; N ACETYLS; NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION; POLY-N-ACETYL GLUCOSAMINE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BIOFILMS;

N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

BIOFILM; GROWTH; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DEVICE; FED BATCH REACTOR; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PATHOGENESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 7044224879     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2004.01601.x     Document Type: Article

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