Slime Production and Expression of the Slime-Associated Antigen by Staphylococcal Clinical Isolates
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Slime production and expression of the slime-associated antigen by staphylococcal clinical isolates.
The ability to produce slime and to express a slime-associated antigen was examined in a collection of staphylococcal clinical isolates. Slime-producing strains were found among coagulase-negative staphylococci in percentages comparable to those reported in other studies; surprisingly, a high percentage of Staphylococcus aureus strains also were able to produce this extracellular material. In t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3235-3238.1999