Comparative analysis of a biofilm-forming Staphylococcus epidermidis strain and its adhesion-positive, accumulation-negative mutant M7.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1994.tb06744.x

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Comparative analysis of a biofilm-forming Staphylococcus epidermidis strain and its adhesion-positive, accumulation-negative mutant M7.

FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Mar 1994

Schumacher-Perdreau F, Heilmann C, Peters G, Götz F, Pulverer G

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We have isolated a stable slime-negative mutant, M7, from the wild-type Staphylococcus epidermidis RP62A by mitomycin mutagenesis. Besides its inability to produce slime in the test tube this mutant differed also in two other properties from its parent strain: it lacked the ability to accumulate...

Topics

Bacterial Adhesion
Bacterial Proteins
Biopolymers
Humans
Mutation
Staphylococcal Infections
Staphylococcus epidermidis

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