Staphylococcal biofilm development: structure, regulation, and treatment strategies

K Schilcher, AR Horswill - Microbiology and Molecular Biology …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
In many natural and clinical settings, bacteria are associated with some type of biotic or
abiotic surface that enables them to form biofilms, a multicellular lifestyle with bacteria …

Regulation of Staphylococcus aureus Virulence

C Jenul, AR Horswill - Microbiology spectrum, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive opportunistic pathogen that has evolved a
complex regulatory network to control virulence. One of the main functions of this …

Neutrophil extracellular traps enhance macrophage killing of bacterial pathogens

AJ Monteith, JM Miller, CN Maxwell, WJ Chazin… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Neutrophils and macrophages are critical to the innate immune response, but cooperative
mechanisms used by these cells to combat extracellular pathogens are not well understood …

[HTML][HTML] Basis of virulence in enterotoxin-mediated staphylococcal food poisoning

EL Fisher, M Otto, GYC Cheung - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins are a superfamily of secreted virulence factors that
share structural and functional similarities and possess potent superantigenic activity …

Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis in diverse host environments

D Balasubramanian, L Harper, B Shopsin… - Pathogens and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Staphylococcus aureus is an eminent human pathogen that can colonize the human host
and cause severe life-threatening illnesses. This bacterium can reside in and infect a wide …

[HTML][HTML] The role of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in nature

RI Aminov - Environmental microbiology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Investigations of antibiotic resistance from an environmental prospective shed new light on a
problem that was traditionally confined to a subset of clinically relevant antibiotic‐resistant …

Inside job: Staphylococcus aureus host-pathogen interactions

J Horn, K Stelzner, T Rudel, M Fraunholz - International Journal of Medical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Staphylococcus aureus is a notorious opportunistic pathogen causing a plethora of
diseases. Recent research established that once phagocytosed by neutrophils and …

Mechanisms of daptomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus: role of the cell membrane and cell wall

AS Bayer, T Schneider, HG Sahl - … of the New York Academy of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The bactericidal, cell membrane–targeting lipopeptide antibiotic daptomycin (DAP) is an
important agent in treating invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections. However, there have …

[HTML][HTML] The SaeRS Two-Component System of Staphylococcus aureus

Q Liu, WS Yeo, T Bae - Genes, 2016 - mdpi.com
In the Gram-positive pathogenic bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, the SaeRS two-
component system (TCS) plays a major role in controlling the production of over 20 …

[HTML][HTML] Two-component systems of S. aureus: signaling and sensing mechanisms

L Bleul, P Francois, C Wolz - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Genes | Free Full-Text | Two-Component Systems of S. aureus: Signaling and Sensing Mechanisms
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