Attachment and Invasion of Neisseria meningitidis to Host Cells Is Related to Surface Hydrophobicity, Bacterial Cell Size and Capsule

• Stephanie N. Bartley,

  Affiliation School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Yih-Ling Tzeng,

  Affiliations Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Kathryn Heel,

  Affiliation Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, and Translational Cancer Pathology Laboratory, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Chiang W. Lee,

  Affiliation School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Shakeel Mowlaboccus,

  Affiliation School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Torsten Seemann,

  Affiliation Victorian Bioinformatics Consortium, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Wei Lu,

  Affiliation School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• Ya-Hsun Lin,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Catherine S. Ryan,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Christopher Peacock,

  Affiliation School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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• David S. Stephens,

  Affiliations Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• John K. Davies,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Charlene M. Kahler

  * E-mail: Charlene.Kahler@uwa.edu.au

  Affiliation School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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