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To investigate the adherence of two clinically relevant ocular isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis to ACRYSOF intraocular lenses (IOLs) (Alcon Surgical, Fort Worth, Texas) and to determine whether the strains under study carried the intercellular adhesion (ica) locus, which encodes production of S. epidermidis antigens mediating adherence to biomaterials.

The WTA of S. aureus is known to be an important colonization factor mediating adherence to epithelial and endothelial cells [20].

Bone sialoprotein-binding protein (Bbp), a MSCRAMMs (Microbial Surface Components Recognizing Adhesive Matrix Molecules) family protein expressed on the surface of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), mediates adherence to fibrinogen α (Fg α), a component in the extracellular matrix of the host cell and is important for infection and pathogenesis.

In SEMs, these structures are grainy matrices that appear to mediate adherence to other spores and the grid surface.

This structure, also known as attachment organelle or terminal organelle (TO), mediates adherence to host target cells and is essential for gliding.

The neisserial opacity (Opa) proteins are a family of outer membrane proteins that mediate adherence to and invasion of tissue culture cells [13].

However, since they contain conventional gram-positive secretion sequences and some have carboxyterminal cell wall attachment motifs, we speculate that these proteins are either displayed on the GAS cell surface and function to mediate adherence to host molecules, or are secreted free into the extracellular environment and interact with host molecules.

Several adhesins and fimbriae are necessary to mediate adherence to epithelial cells in the gut.

M. pneumoniae possess an apical organelle that mediates adherence to the host epithelium.

It mediates adherence to chitin and epithelial cells, enhances biofilm formation and is involved in intestinal colonization in infant mice.

The general region of P97 that mediates adherence to swine cilia is thought to be the R1 region, near the C-terminus of the protein [ 5].