Investigation of synovial fluid induced Staphylococcus aureus aggregate development and its impact on surface attachment and biofilm formation

• Matthew J. Pestrak,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7609-7537

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• Tripti Thapa Gupta,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Devendra H. Dusane,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Doug V. Guzior,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7019-3261

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• Amelia Staats,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Jan Harro,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6463-3515

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• Alexander R. Horswill,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

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• Paul Stoodley

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Paul.Stoodley@osumc.edu

  Affiliations Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Orthopedics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, National Centre for Advanced Tribology at Southampton (nCATS) and National Biofilm Innovation Centre (NBIC), Mechanical Engineering, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6069-273X

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