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Influence of origin of isolates, especially endocarditis isolates, and various genes on biofilm formation by Enterococcus faecalis.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jun 2004
Mohamed Jamal A, Huang Wenxiang, Nallapareddy Sreedhar R, Teng Fang, Murray Barbara E
Abstract excerpt
Endocarditis isolates of Enterococcus faecalis produced biofilm significantly more often than nonendocarditis isolates, and 39% of 79 versus 6% of 84 isolates produced strong biofilm (P < 0.0001). esp was not required, but its presence was associated with higher amounts of biofilm (P < 0.001). Mutants disrupted in dltA, efaA, ace, lsa, and six two-component regulatory systems were largely unaltered, while...
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