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Infection and Immunity, August 1999, p. 4272-4275, Vol. 67, No. 8
0019-9567/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Staphylococcus schleiferi subsp. schleiferi Expresses a Fibronectin-Binding Protein

S. J. Peacock,1,* G. Lina,2 J. Etienne,2 and T. J. Foster1

Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland,1 and Faculté de Médicine, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, UPRES EA 1655, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France2

Received 16 November 1998/Returned for modification 12 January 1999/Accepted 5 May 1999

Staphylococcus schleiferi subsp. schleiferi is associated with a range of nosocomial infections, but the pathogenic mechanisms by which these occur are poorly understood. This study provides phenotypic and genotypic evidence for the expression of a cell wall-anchored fibronectin-binding protein by this species.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Nuffield Department of Pathology and Bacteriology, Level 4, Academic Block, The John Radcliffe, The Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom. Phone: 00-44-1865-220538. Fax: 00-44-1865-220890. E-mail: sharon.peacock{at}ndp.ox.ac.uk.

Infection and Immunity, August 1999, p. 4272-4275, Vol. 67, No. 8
0019-9567/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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