Death and transfiguration in static Staphylococcus epidermidis cultures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Schaudinn, Christoph ^a   Stoodley, Paul ^b   Hall Stoodley, Luanne ^b   Gorur, Amita ^c   Remis, Jonathan ^c   Wu, Siva ^c   Auer, Manfred ^c   Hertwig, Stefan ^d   Guerrero Given, Debbie ^e   Hu, Fen Ze ^f   Ehrlich, Garth D ^f   Costerton, John William ^f   Robinson, Douglas H ^g   Webster, Paul ^h,i  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Departments of Microbial Infection and Immunity and Orthopedics   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (United States)

^f DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g DeNovo Biologic LLC   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ OAK CREST INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOFILM; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DEATH; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; LIQUID CULTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84903520918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100002     Document Type: Article

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