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Relationship between biofilm formation, the enterococcal surface protein (Esp) and gelatinase in clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Mar 2006
Di Rosa Roberta, Creti Roberta, Venditti Mario, D'Amelio Raffaele, Arciola Carla R, Montanaro Lucio, Baldassarri Lucilla
Abstract excerpt
One-hundred and twenty-eight enterococcal isolates were examined for their ability to form biofilm in relation to the presence of the gene encoding the enterococcal surface protein (esp), production of gelatinase and to the source of isolation. Neither esp nor gelatinase seemed to be required for biofilm formation: both Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium did not show a correlation between the presence...
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