Farnesol induces cell detachment from established S. epidermidis biofilms

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 255-258

  Cerca, Nuno ^a   Gomes, Fernanda ^a   Bento, Joana C ^a   França, Angela ^a   Rolo, Joana ^b   Miragaia, Maria ^b   Teixeira, Pilar ^a   Oliveira, Rosário ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biofilm detachment; Clinical strains; S. epidermidis

Indexed keywords

FARNESOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL KILLING; CELL POPULATION; CHROMOSOME; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FARNESOL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84878586368     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: 18811469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2013.11     Document Type: Article

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