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Rainer Laufs
Researcher at University of Hamburg
Publications - 109
Citations - 5443
Rainer Laufs is an academic researcher from University of Hamburg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Viremia & Hepatitis C virus. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 109 publications receiving 5296 citations.
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The intercellular adhesin involved in biofilm accumulation of Staphylococcus epidermidis is a linear beta-1,6-linked glucosaminoglycan: purification and structural analysis.
TL;DR: The primary attachment to polymer surfaces followed by accumulation in multilayered cell clusters leads to biofilm production of Staphylococcus epidermidis, which is thought to contribute to virulence in biomaterial-related infections.
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Parallel induction by glucose of adherence and a polysaccharide antigen specific for plastic-adherent Staphylococcus epidermidis: evidence for functional relation to intercellular adhesion.
TL;DR: Results strongly indicate a functional relation of the antigen to adherence of S. epidermidis to polymer surfaces, most probably by mediating intercellular adhesion of cells leading to accumulation in multilayered cell clusters.
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Characterization of transposon mutants of biofilm-producing Staphylococcus epidermidis impaired in the accumulative phase of biofilm production: genetic identification of a hexosamine-containing polysaccharide intercellular adhesin.
TL;DR: The results demonstrate that the mutants were impaired in the accumulative phase of biofilm production by S. epidermidis by mediating intercellular adhesion.
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A plasmid of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 is required for expression of a new fimbrial antigen and for adhesion to epithelial cells.
TL;DR: Of 14 strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolated from patients with hemorrhagic colitis or hemolytic uremic syndrome that were examined for fimbriae, the presence of plasmids, and the ability to adhere to intestinal cells, 13 possessed a 60-megadalton plasmid and werefimbriated as assessed by electron microscopy.