Li Hualin, Xu Lin, Wang Jianping, Wen Yumei, Vuong Cuong, Otto Michael, Gao Qian
Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, PR China.
Infect Immun. 2005 May;73(5):3188-91. doi: 10.1128/IAI.73.5.3188-3191.2005.
To test if biofilm formation in Staphylococcus epidermidis is dependent on the polysaccharide intercellular adhesin, whose biosynthesis is driven by the ica locus, a plasmid containing the ica locus was transferred to three ica-negative strains. Using in vitro biofilm assays and a rat central venous catheter infection model, we confirmed the importance of the ica locus for biofilm production and pathogenesis of S. epidermidis.
为了检测表皮葡萄球菌中生物膜的形成是否依赖于多糖细胞间黏附素(其生物合成由ica基因座驱动),将一个含有ica基因座的质粒转移到三株ica基因阴性菌株中。通过体外生物膜检测和大鼠中心静脉导管感染模型,我们证实了ica基因座对表皮葡萄球菌生物膜产生和致病机制的重要性。