Co-elimination of mec and spa genes in Staphylococcus aureus and the effect of agr and protein A production on bacterial adherence to cell monolayers

• Published in: Journal of medical microbiology Vol. 39; no. 6; pp. 422 - 428
• Main Authors: Poston, S. M, Glancey, G. R, Wyatt, J. E, Hogan, T, Foster, T. J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Reading Soc General Microbiol 01.12.1993; Society for General Microbiology
• Subjects: Animals; Bacterial Adhesion - genetics; Bacteriology; Biological and medical sciences; Blotting, Southern; Blotting, Western; Cell Line; Cells, Cultured; DNA, Bacterial - analysis; DNA, Bacterial - chemistry; Epithelial Cells; Epithelium - microbiology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genes, Bacterial; Genes, Regulator - genetics; Humans; Immunoglobulin G - immunology; Methicillin Resistance - genetics; Microbiology; Pathogenicity, virulence, toxins, bacteriocins, pyrogens, host-bacteria relations, miscellaneous strains; Reproducibility of Results; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; Staphylococcal Protein A - biosynthesis; Staphylococcal Protein A - genetics; Staphylococcus aureus - genetics; Staphylococcus aureus - metabolism; Vero Cells; Staphylococcus aureus; Human; Cell culture; Mesothelium; Monkey; Protein A; Adhesion; Kidney; Abdomen; Resistance; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Infectivity; Primates; Bacteria; Micrococcales; Micrococcaceae; Larynx; Staphylococcus aureus

Department of Microbiology, UMDS, Guy's Medical School * Renal Unit, UMDS, Guy's Hospital, London Bridge SE1 9RT Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute, Trinity College, Dublin 2 Received September 24, 1992 Revision received May 18, 1993. Accepted May 18, 1993 Phenotypic loss of prote...