The intercellular adhesin involved in biofilm accumulation of Staphylococcus epidermidis is a linear beta-1,6-linked glucosaminoglycan: purification and structural analysis.

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Published in J Bacteriol on January 01, 1996

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D Mack1, W Fischer, A Krokotsch, K Leopold, R Hartmann, H Egge, R Laufs

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1: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Immunologie, Universitätskrankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.

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