title: Expression of slime interferes with in vitro detection of host protein receptors of Staphylococcus epidermidis.
abstract: We hypothesized that slime may mask bacterial molecules important in the attachment of Staphylococcus epidermidis to inanimate surfaces. In support of this hypothesis, we found that slime-negative strains attached significantly better to fibrinogen or fibronectin than the parent strains and exhibited greater surface hydrophobicity. Comparable results were obtained with 53 clinical isolates.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Ultrastrutture, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baldassarri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Donelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gelosia
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Christensen
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism*; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005340:Fibrinogen; D005353:Fibronectins; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D005353:Fibronectins; C025431:extracellular slime proteins, bacterial; D005340:Fibrinogen