Biofilm formation of serotype 19 Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates in relation to clinical isolate source, pH and Fe(III) supplementation

• Main Authors: Zarina Amin, Cahyo Budiman, Suraya Abdul Sani, Lee, Ping Chin, Sazmal Effendi Arshad
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Malaysian Society for Microbiology 2022
• Subjects: QR1-502 Microbiology
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33484/3/Biofilm%20formation%20of%20serotype%2019%20Streptococcus%20pneumoniae%20clinical%20isolates%20in%20relation%20to%20clinical%20isolate%20source%2C%20pH%20and%20Fe%28III%29%20supplementation.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33484/1/Biofilm%20formation%20of%20serotype%2019%20Streptococcus%20pneumoniae%20clinical%20isolates%20in%20relation%20to%20clinical%20isolate%20source%2C%20pH%20and%20Fe%28III%29%20supplementation%20%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33484/; http://mjm.usm.my/uploads/issues/1738/Formatted%20MJM-21-1238-ready-colour.pdf; http://dx.doi.org/10.21161/mjm.211238

Streptococcus pneumoniae is one the world’s foremost bacterial pathogens that cause massive global mortality and morbidity in young children and immunocompromised adults especially in developing countries. Biofilms have been increasingly recognized as an important prerequisite to disease. Individual...