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The fibronectin binding proteins of Staphylococcus aureus are required for adhesion to and invasion of bovine mammary gland cells.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Nov 1999
Lammers A, Nuijten P J, Smith H E
Abstract excerpt
We recently described adhesion to and invasion of bovine mammary gland cells by Staphylococcus aureus in vitro. Here, we show that the levels of adhesion and invasion are dependent on the bacterial growth phase and are controlled by the agr locus. Incubation of exponential growth phase cells of S. aureus with mammary gland cells resulted in bacterial cell clumping. Strains of S. aureus deficient in expression of...
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