Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) Isolates of Swine Origin Form Robust Biofilms

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Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Nicholson, Tracy L ^a   Shore, Sarah M ^a   Smith, Tara C ^b   Fraena, Timothy S ^c  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EXTRACELLULAR DNA; NUCLEASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE K; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HERD; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SWINE;

EID: 84881227514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073376     Document Type: Article

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