BIOFILM FORMATION AMONG ENTEROCOCCUS
Clinical implications of biofilm formation by Enterococcus faecalis in the urinary tract.
... between biofilm formation and pathogenicity of Enterococcus fae- calis in urinary tract infections (UTI) were ...of biofilm, hemolysin and gelatinase by these isolates was also examined and ...
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Deletion of sigma54 (rpoN) alters the rate of autolysis and biofilm formation in Enterococcus faecalis
... Deletion of sigma54 (rpoN) alters the rate of autolysis and biofilm formation in Enterococcus faecalis.. Vijayalakshmi S.[r] ...
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Enterococcus hirae biofilm formation on hospital material surfaces and effect of new biocides
... included among gut commen- sals of humans and animals, in the last years, have acquired the role of common nosocomial pathogens (the third leading source of nosocomial infection), causing urinary tract infections, ...
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Enterococcus faecalis Produces Abundant Extracellular Structures Containing DNA in the Absence of Cell Lysis during Early Biofilm Formation
... ABSTRACT Enterococcus faecalis is a common Gram-positive commensal bacterium of the metazoan gastrointestinal tract capa- ble of biofilm formation and an opportunistic pathogen of increasing clinical ...
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The Enterococcus faecalis EbpA Pilus Protein: Attenuation of Expression, Biofilm Formation, and Adherence to Fibrinogen Start with the Rare Initiation Codon ATT
... and biofilm-associated pili (Ebp) are important in Enterococcus faecalis pathogenesis, and the pilus tip, EbpA, has been shown to play a major role in pilus biogenesis, biofilm formation, and ...
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Antibiotic resistance and biofilm formation of Enterococcus faecalis in patient and environmental samples
... In this study, strains of E. faecalis isolated from patient and environmental specimens were analyzed. The pa- tient isolates showed higher antibiotic resistance in comparison to environmental isolates, which could be ...
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Prevalence of biofilm formation and vancomycin-resistant genes among Enterococcus faecium isolated from clinical and environmental specimens in Lorestan hospitals
... bacterial biofilm formation and observed greater biofilm production among strains isolated from urine samples than those isolat- ed from other samples (Table ...of biofilm ...
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Distribution, antimicrobial susceptibility pattern and detection of biofilm formation in enterococcus species isolated from various clinical specimens, with phenotypic and molecular characterisation of vancomycin resistant enterococcus
... 6 The members of the Genus Enterococcus are gram positive cocci that occur singly or arranged in pairs and short chains, catalase negative (except E.haemoperoxidus),few strains produce weak effervescence when ...
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Enterococcus faecium Biofilm Formation: Identification of Major Autolysin AtlAEfm, Associated Acm Surface Localization, and AtlAEfm Independent Extracellular DNA Release
... chain formation was observed only in the AtlA Efm -deficient mutant, and finally, the AtlA Efm -deficient mutant had 80% less biofilm production than the wild type in a polystyrene ...
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Enterococcus spp. and Bacillus cereus isolated from ricotta processing: pathogenicity, multi-species biofilm formation and detection of the autoinducer AI-2
... Bacillus cereus e Listeria monocytogenes foram avaliadas. Os ensaios foram realizados com cupons de aço inoxidável e variando-se a temperatura (7, 25 e 39 °C) e o tempo (0, 1, 2, 4, 6 e 8 dias). Após 1 e 8 dias de ...
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Comparison of biofilm-producing Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, and unusual Enterococcus strains
... Considering the presence of other virulence factors in our studied BIO+ groups, we found that the ace gene occurred in all E. faecium, 25% of E. faecalis, and 37.5% of unusual isolates; hyl in 83.3%, 0%, and 37.5%, ...
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“PREVALENCE OF BIOFILM FORMATION IN UROPATHOGEN’
... detect biofilm form ation by uropathogenes isolated from ...for biofilm production by tube adherence (TA), congoredagar (CRA) ...for biofilm production, 36 (60%) were culture positive and remaining ...
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The molecular control and biological implications of autolysis in enterococcus faecalis biofilm development
... regulate biofilm formation through the production of gelatinase, but the mechanism has been hitherto ...to biofilm formation by ...in biofilm biomass compared to the parental strain, ...
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Endocarditis and biofilm associated pili of Enterococcus faecalis
... in Enterococcus faecalis, a nosocomial opportunist and common cause of bacterial endocarditis, emphasizes the need for alternative therapeutic approaches such as immunotherapy or ...and biofilm-associated ...
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The genomics and proteomics of biofilm formation
... host. Formation of these sessile communities and their inherent resistance to antimi- crobial agents are at the root of many persistent and chronic bacterial ...
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Biofilm Formation by Staphylococcus haemolyticus
... Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway 5 Received 30 September 2008/Returned for modification 8 November 2008/Accepted 7 January 2009 Infections due to coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) most ...
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Biofilm Formation by Candida dubliniensis
... with biofilm formation, with cells in biofilms displaying properties dramatically different from free-living cells grown under normal laboratory ...with biofilm formation by this newly ...
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BIOFILM Formation: A Comprehensive Review
... International Journal of Pharma Research and Health Sciences Available online at www.pharmahealthsciences.net Received: 18 Apr 2015 Accepted: 30 Apr 2015 The phenomenon of bacterial adhesion is an important phenomenon ...
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Biofilm Formation by Pneumocystis spp.
... Quorum sensing is a chemical means of cell-to-cell commu- nication within prokaryotic and eukaryotic biofilms. The pro- cess has been implicated in preventing overpopulation, con- trolling competition for nutrients, and ...
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Extracellular Electron Transfer Powers Enterococcus faecalis Biofilm Metabolism
... h Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore i School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore ABSTRACT Enterococci are important human ...
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