Adhesion and detachment kinetics of several strains of Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus under three different experimental conditions

The kinetics of adhesion of five Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus strains (CECT 976, 4459, 4465, 4466 and 5191) to polypropylene at 25 degrees C in the absence of nutrients (PBS medium) were initially compared. Those strains with the highest (CECT 4459) and the lowest (CECT 976) adhesion levels were selected for further studying the effects of a nutrient-rich adhesion-promoting medium (TSB plus 1% glucose-TSBG) as well as of a conditioning...