Metabolic activity, urease production, antibiotic resistance and virulence in dual species biofilms of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus

Ilse Vandecandelaere; Filip Van Nieuwerburgh; Dieter Deforce; Tom Coenye

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172700

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Metabolic activity, urease production, antibiotic resistance and virulence in dual species biofilms of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus

Ilse Vandecandelaere,

Affiliation Laboratorium voor Farmaceutische Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, Ottergemsesteenweg, Gent, Belgium
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Filip Van Nieuwerburgh,

Affiliation Laboratorium voor Farmaceutische Biotechnologie, Universiteit Gent, Ottergemsesteenweg, Gent, Belgium
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Dieter Deforce,

Affiliation Laboratorium voor Farmaceutische Biotechnologie, Universiteit Gent, Ottergemsesteenweg, Gent, Belgium
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Tom Coenye

* E-mail: Tom.Coenye@UGent.be

Affiliation Laboratorium voor Farmaceutische Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, Ottergemsesteenweg, Gent, Belgium

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6407-0601

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Metabolic activity, urease production, antibiotic resistance and virulence in dual species biofilms of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus

Ilse Vandecandelaere,
Filip Van Nieuwerburgh,
Dieter Deforce,
Tom Coenye

Published: March 6, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172700

About the Authors

Ilse Vandecandelaere

Affiliation Laboratorium voor Farmaceutische Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, Ottergemsesteenweg, Gent, Belgium

Filip Van Nieuwerburgh

Affiliation Laboratorium voor Farmaceutische Biotechnologie, Universiteit Gent, Ottergemsesteenweg, Gent, Belgium

Dieter Deforce

Affiliation Laboratorium voor Farmaceutische Biotechnologie, Universiteit Gent, Ottergemsesteenweg, Gent, Belgium

Tom Coenye

* E-mail: Tom.Coenye@UGent.be

Affiliation Laboratorium voor Farmaceutische Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, Ottergemsesteenweg, Gent, Belgium

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6407-0601

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: IV TC. Formal analysis: IV FVN. Funding acquisition: TC DD. Investigation: IV FVN. Methodology: IV FVN DD TC. Project administration: TC DD. Supervision: TC. Validation: IV FVN. Writing – original draft: IV TC. Writing – review & editing: IV FVN DD TC.

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Gene expression
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