Is the biofilm formation and slime producing ability of coagulase-negative staphylococci associated with the persistence and severity of intramammary infection?

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 344-352

  Simojoki, H ^a   Hyvonen P ^b   Plumed Ferrer, C ^b   Taponen, S ^a   Pyorala S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Bovine; Coagulase negative staphylococci; Intramammary infection; Mastitis; MSCRAMM genes; Slime

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CONGO RED; LAMININ BINDING PROTEIN; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BOVINE MASTITIS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS; TISSUE CULTURE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CATTLE; COAGULASE; CONGO RED; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BOVINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CHROMOGENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS;

EID: 84862512369     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.02.031     Document Type: Article

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