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Figure 7

From: Staphylococcus epidermidis recovered from indwelling catheters exhibit enhanced biofilm dispersal and “self-renewal” through downregulation of agr

Figure 7

Chemical inhibition of agr exhibit increased biofilm formation, extracellular DNA release and cell autolysis through upregulation of atlE . S. epidermidis 1457 was treated with or without hemoglobin (40 or 200 μg/mL), then (a) Biofilm-associated gene transcripts were measured by using qRT-PCR; (b) Biofilm biomass was quantified using a crystal violet assay; (c-e) Initial attachment, extracellular DNA release and cell autolysis were determined as described above, respectively. Error bars represent the S.E.M. for three independent experiments.

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