Extracellular polymeric substance (EPS)-degrading enzymes reduce staphylococcal surface attachment and biocide resistance on pig skin in vivo

• Jeffrey B. Kaplan ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kaplanjb@american.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biology, American University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1773-4372

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• Kevin D. Mlynek,

  Roles Investigation

  Current address: Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biology, American University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8187-9146

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• Hashani Hettiarachchi,

  Roles Investigation

  Current address: Sanaria Inc., Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biology, American University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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• Yonas A. Alamneh,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Wound Infections Department, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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• Lionel Biggemann,

  Roles Investigation

  Current address: Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America

  Affiliation Wound Infections Department, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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• Daniel V. Zurawski,

  Roles Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Wound Infections Department, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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• Chad C. Black,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Wound Infections Department, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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• Charles E. Bane,

  Roles Resources

  Current address: US Army Public Health Activity-Fort Gordon, Fort Gordon, Georgia, United States of America

  Affiliation Wound Infections Department, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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• Robert K. Kim,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Wound Infections Department, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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• Mark S. Granick

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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