agr-Genotyping and transcriptional analysis of biofilm-producingStaphylococcus aureus
Open Access
- 1 October 2007
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology
- Vol. 51 (1) , 220-227
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-695x.2007.00298.x
Abstract
We investigated the correlation between biofilm production and the accessory-gene-regulator (agr) in 29 strains isolated from catheter-associated infeKeywords
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