Staphylococcal Biofilm Exopolysaccharide Protects against Caenorhabditis elegans Immune Defenses

Jakob Begun; Jessica M Gaiani; Holger Rohde; Dietrich Mack; Stephen B Calderwood; Frederick M Ausubel; Costi D Sifri

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.0030057

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Staphylococcal Biofilm Exopolysaccharide Protects against Caenorhabditis elegans Immune Defenses

Jakob Begun,

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America , Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jessica M Gaiani,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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Holger Rohde,

Affiliation Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Virologie und Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Dietrich Mack,

Affiliation Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The School of Medicine, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea, United Kingdom
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Stephen B Calderwood,

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Massachusetts, United States of America , Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Frederick M Ausubel,

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America , Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Costi D Sifri

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: csifri@virginia.edu

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America , Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Massachusetts, United States of America
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Staphylococcal Biofilm Exopolysaccharide Protects against Caenorhabditis elegans Immune Defenses

Jakob Begun,
Jessica M Gaiani,
Holger Rohde,
Dietrich Mack,
Stephen B Calderwood,
Frederick M Ausubel,
Costi D Sifri

Published: April 20, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0030057

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