Adhesion of coagulase-negative staphylococci grouped according to Physico-chemical surface properties
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Physicochemical surface properties of nonencapsulated and encapsulated coagulase-negative staphylococci.
Cell surfaces of three nonencapsulated and three encapsulated coagulase-negative staphylococci were characterized by their surface free energies, zeta potentials, and elemental and molecular compositions. Surface free energies were calculated from contact angle measurements with various liquids. All six strains showed a high surface free energy (103 to 126 mJ.m-2), estimated from the concept of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Microbiology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1350-0872,1465-2080
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-12-3861