The Possible Role of Staphylococcus epidermidis LPxTG Surface Protein SesC in Biofilm Formation

• Laleh Khodaparast ,

  * E-mail: Laleh.khodaparast@switch.vib-kuleuven.be (LK); Johan.vaneldere@uzleuven.be (JVE)

  Affiliation KU Leuven–University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

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• Ladan Khodaparast,

  Affiliation KU Leuven–University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

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• Mohammad Shahrooei,

  Affiliation KU Leuven–University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

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• Benoit Stijlemans,

  Affiliations VUB—Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology B-1050, Brussels, Belgium, VIB—Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Department of Myeloid Cell Immunology, B-1050, Brussels, Belgium

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• Rita Merckx,

  Affiliation KU Leuven–University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

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• Pieter Baatsen,

  Affiliation KU Leuven–University of Leuven, Center for Human Genetics, Electron Microscopy Facility, VIB Bio Imaging Core, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

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• James P. O’Gara,

  Affiliation National University of Ireland, School of Natural Sciences, Department of Microbiology, Galway, Ireland

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• Elaine Waters,

  Affiliation University of Liverpool, Institute of Infection and Global Health, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Lieve Van Mellaert,

  Affiliation KU Leuven–University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute of Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

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• Johan Van Eldere

  * E-mail: Laleh.khodaparast@switch.vib-kuleuven.be (LK); Johan.vaneldere@uzleuven.be (JVE)

  Affiliations KU Leuven–University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Clinical Bacteriology and Mycology, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven–University of Leuven, University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Laboratory Medicine, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

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