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Carbohydrate-containing components of biofilms produced<i>in vitro</i>by some staphylococcal strains related to orthopaedic prosthesis infections
24 Feb 2006
Abstract excerpt
The capacity of coagulase-negative staphylococci to colonize implanted medical devices is generally attributed to their ability to produce biofilms. Biofilm of the model strain of Staphylococcus epidermidis RP62A was shown to contain two carbohydrate-containing moieties, a linear poly-beta-(1-->6)-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (PNAG) and teichoic acid. In the present study, we investigated several biofilm-producing...
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