Kinetics and forces of adhesion for a pair of capsular/unencapsulated Staphylococcus mutant strains

摘要: Staphylococcus is a major pathogen recognized as the most common cause of nosocomial infections, postoperative and rejection implants other biomaterial-related devices. Capsules are compact layer polysaccharides extending from cell wall some bacteria. Capsulated bacteria frequently associated with biofouling, serious invasive biofilm formation. The attachment kinetics mutant strains aureus Smith diffuse (SD) (SC) were measured under well-defined, laminar flow conditions using parallel plate chamber. rate capsule-free SC to glass slide was approximately 2 orders magnitude greater than that encapsulated SD which it derived. Ancillary physicochemical characterization supports this marked difference in adhesion due absence capsule outside SC. Electrophoresis measurements showed no statistically significant ...