Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) have emerged as major pathogens in healthcare-
associated facilities, being S. epidermidis, S. haemolyticus and, more recently, S …

Due to their crucial role in pathogenesis and virulence, phages of Staphylococcus aureus
have been extensively studied. Most of them encode and disseminate potent staphylococcal …

Bacterial genomes are highly plastic allowing the generation of variants through mutations
and acquisition of genetic information. The fittest variants are then selected by the econiche …

Most of the dissimilarity between Staphylococcus aureus strains is due to the presence of
mobile genetic elements such as bacteriophages or pathogenicity islands. These elements …

Among the bacteria groups, most of them are known to be beneficial to human being
whereas only a minority is being recognized as harmful. The pathogenicity of bacteria is …

The host range of bacteriophages defines their impact on bacterial communities and
genome diversity. Here, we characterize 94 novel staphylococcal phages from wastewater …

Background Bacteriophages are the most abundant and diverse entities in the biosphere,
and this diversity is driven by constant predator–prey evolutionary dynamics and horizontal …

Most Staphylococcus aureus isolates carry multiple bacteriophages in their genome, which
provide the pathogen with traits important for niche adaptation. Such temperate S. aureus …

Two Gram-stain-positive, coagulase-negative staphylococcal strains were isolated from
abiotic sources comprising stone fragments and sandy soil in James Ross Island, Antarctica …

Two leading impediments to chronic wound healing are polymicrobial infection and biofilm
formation. Recent studies have characterized the bacterial fraction of these microbiomes …