Characterization of the mechanism and impact of staphylokinase on the formation of Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus polymicrobial biofilms | Zendy

Haiyang Liu | Zendy; Huale Chen | Zendy; Yao Sun | Zendy; Xiaoxiao Zhang | Zendy; Hong Lu | Zendy; Jiahui Li | Zendy; Jianming Cao | Zendy; Tieli Zhou | Zendy

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Characterization of the mechanism and impact of staphylokinase on the formation of Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus polymicrobial biofilms

Author(s) -

Haiyang Liu,

Huale Chen,

Yao Sun,

Xiaoxiao Zhang,

Hong Lu,

Jiahui Li,

Jianming Cao,

Tieli Zhou

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91

H-Index - 117

eISSN - 1473-5644

pISSN - 0022-2615

DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000914

Subject(s) - biofilm , microbiology and biotechnology , candida albicans , staphylococcus aureus , corpus albicans , biology , staphylokinase , hypha , antimicrobial , bacteria , chemistry , genetics

Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus can be co-isolated in biofilm-associated infections. However, treatments have not been well established due to a lack of antibiofilm strategies. Hence, this study aims to characterize the mechanism and impact of Staphylokinase (Sak) on fungal-bacterial polymicrobial biofilms.

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