Acceleration of Enterococcus faecalis biofilm formation by aggregation substance expression in an Ex Vivo model of cardiac valve colonization

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Chuang Smith, Olivia N ^a   Wells, Carol L ^a   Henry Stanley, Michelle J ^a   Dunny, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION SUBSTANCE 10 PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AGGREGATION SUBSTANCE, ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POLYMER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EX VIVO STUDY; HEART VALVE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWINE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL ADHESION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENDOCARDITIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; STEM CELL; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; SUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL ADHESION; ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HEART VALVES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POLYMERS; STEM CELLS; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 78651263284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015798     Document Type: Article

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