Susceptibility of staphylococcus epidermidis planktonic cells and biofilms to the lytic action of staphylococcus bacteriophage K

Aims: To evaluate differences in biofilm or planktonic bacteria susceptibility to be killed by the polyvalent antistaphylococcus bacteriophage K. Methods and Results: In this study, the ability of phage K to infect and kill several clinical isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis was tested. Strains...

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Main Author: Cerca, Nuno (author)
Other Authors: Oliveira, Rosário (author), Azeredo, Joana (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/6948
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/6948