Relationship between Expression of the Family of M Proteins and Lipoteichoic Acid to Hydrophobicity and Biofilm Formation in Streptococcus pyogenes

• Harry S. Courtney ,

  * E-mail: hcourtney@utmem.edu

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Itzhak Ofek,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

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• Thomas Penfound,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Victor Nizet,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Morgan A. Pence,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Bernd Kreikemeyer,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Hospital of Rostock University, Rostock, Germany

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• Andreas Podbielbski,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Hospital of Rostock University, Rostock, Germany

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• David L. Hasty,

  Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• James B. Dale

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Molecular Sciences, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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