A 140-kilodalton extracellular protein is essential for the accumulation of Staphylococcus epidermidis strains on surfaces.
Hussain M, Herrmann M, von Eiff C, Perdreau-Remington F, Peters G.
Hussain M, et al. Among authors: peters g.
Infect Immun. 1997 Feb;65(2):519-24. doi: 10.1128/iai.65.2.519-524.1997.
Infect Immun. 1997.
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By using mitomycin mutagenesis, we have recently generated a mutant, strain M7, from S. epidermidis RP62A which is unaffected in adhesion but deficient in accumulation on glass or polystyrene surfaces and lacks a 115-kDa extracellular protein (designated the 140-kDa antigen; F. S …
By using mitomycin mutagenesis, we have recently generated a mutant, strain M7, from S. epidermidis RP62A which is unaffected in adhesion bu …