Poly-N-acetylglucosamine is not a major component of the extracellular matrix in biofilms formed by icaADBC-positive Staphylococcus lugdunensis isolates

Medicine & Life Sciences

• polysaccharide intercellular adhesin 97%
• Staphylococcus lugdunensis 95%
• Biofilms 54%
• Extracellular Matrix 47%
• Wheat Germ Agglutinins 16%
• Iron-Dextran Complex 11%
• Infections 8%
• Extracellular Polymeric Substance Matrix 8%
• Catheter-Related Infections 7%
• Hydrolases 7%
• Coagulase 7%
• Sodium Chloride 7%
• Endocarditis 6%
• Immunoblotting 6%
• Open Reading Frames 5%
• Confocal Microscopy 5%
• Polysaccharides 5%
• In Vitro Techniques 5%
• Virulence 5%
• Staphylococcus aureus 5%
• Ethanol 5%
• Peptide Hydrolases 5%
• Joints 4%
• Staining and Labeling 4%
• Glucose 3%
• Antibodies 3%
• Proteins 2%

Agriculture & Biology

• Staphylococcus lugdunensis 100%
• N-acetylglucosamine 65%
• extracellular matrix 58%
• biofilm 56%
• loci 13%
• wheat germ 12%
• agglutinins 12%
• infection 11%
• endocarditis 8%
• valves (equipment) 6%
• confocal microscopy 6%
• glycosidases 6%
• catheters 5%
• etiology 5%
• immunoblotting 5%
• sodium chloride 5%
• Staphylococcus aureus 4%
• adhesion 4%
• virulence 4%
• open reading frames 4%
• polysaccharides 4%
• proteinases 4%
• sodium 4%
• staining 4%
• ethanol 3%
• antibodies 3%
• glucose 3%
• pathogens 3%
• extracts 2%
• proteins 1%