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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2021

In Vitro Assay for Quantifying Clumping of Staphylococcus aureus.

Heidi A Crosby, Jakub M Kwiecinski, Alexander R Horswill

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Heidi A CrosbyDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
Jakub M KwiecinskiDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
Alexander R HorswillDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA. alexander.horswill@ucdenver.edu.
University of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

The S. aureus biofilm lifecycleP01AI083211 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI BAYLES, KENNETH W. · 2009 to 2023
$32.1M
Quorum sensing, diversity and skin inflammationR01AI153185 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI GALLO, RICHARD L, HORSWILL, ALEXANDER R · 2020 to 2024
$3.2M
Regulation of Staphylococcus aureus colonization and diseaseR01AI141490 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI HORSWILL, ALEXANDER R · 2019 to 2022
$1.5M
BLRD VA I01 BX002711NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI083211NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI141490NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI153185
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus interacts with fibrinogen in plasma to form macroscopic clumps of cells. A simple and rapid slide agglutination test using rabbit plasma has been employed in clinical labs to distinguish S. aureus from most coagulase-negative Staphylococci. The method described here is a quantitative clumping assay in which S. aureus cells are mixed with either plasma or purified fibrinogen, and clumps are allowed to sediment out of solution. Clearing of the overlying solution is monitored over time by measuring the optical density at 600 nm and comparing these values to the initial turbidity. This simple assay can be used to study regulation and expression of various cell wall-anchored adhesins.

Indexed as

Agglutination TestsCoagulaseFibrinogenHumansIn Vitro TechniquesStaphylococcus aureusCoagulaseFibrinogenAgglutinationClumpingClumping factorFibrinogenStaphylococcus aureus

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PMID34264458
PMCPMC9125777
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