High Frequency Spontaneous Deletions within the IcaADBC Operon of Clinical Staphylococcus epidermidis Isolates.

Staphylococcus epidermidis has been shown to undergo a phase variation correlating with expression of the icaADBC operon which contributes to biofilm formation. Biofilm formation of Enterococcus faecalis is related to heterogeneity in electrophoretic mobility. Here the relationship between phase var...

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Main Authors: Titik Nuryastuti, Henny C. van der Mei, Henk J. Busscher, Roel Kuijer, Abu Tholib Aman, Bastiaan P. Krom
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 2015-11-01
Series:Indonesian Journal of Biotechnology
Online Access:http://journal.ugm.ac.id/ijbiotech/article/view/7856