A triazine dye, cibacron blue 3G-A induces Staphylococcus aureus to form giant clusters
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- 15 January 1990
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 67 (1-2) , 175-178
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1097(90)90190-2
Abstract
Cibacron blue 3G-A (CB), one of the triazinyl dyes commonly used as a ligand for affinity chromotography, induced staphylococci to form giant clusters without affecting cell variability. It was demonstrated that the cluster formation was not a mechanical aggregation of cells by CB, but a consequence of its biological effect on staphylococcal growth. Clusters induced by CB did not form a regular arrangement, and were different from clusters induced by SDS or polyanethole sulfonate.Keywords
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