Bacterial quorum sensing in complex and dynamically changing environments

S Mukherjee, BL Bassler - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Quorum sensing is a process of bacterial cell-to-cell chemical communication that relies on
the production, detection and response to extracellular signalling molecules called …

Staphylococcus aureus biofilms: recent developments in biofilm dispersal

JL Lister, AR Horswill - Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of nosocomial and community-acquired infections
and represents a significant burden on the healthcare system. S. aureus attachment to …

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 …

Biofilm formation in Staphylococcus implant infections. A review of molecular mechanisms and implications for biofilm-resistant materials

CR Arciola, D Campoccia, P Speziale, L Montanaro… - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
Implant infections in orthopaedics, as well as in many other medical fields, are chiefly
caused by staphylococci. The ability of growing within a biofilm enhances the chances of …

Targeting Staphylococcus aureus Toxins: A Potential form of Anti-Virulence Therapy

C Kong, H Neoh, S Nathan - Toxins, 2016 - mdpi.com
Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic pathogen and the leading cause of a wide range
of severe clinical infections. The range of diseases reflects the diversity of virulence factors …

Knowledge gaps and research priorities in Staphylococcus aureus mastitis control

P Rainard, G Foucras, JR Fitzgerald… - Transboundary and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study assessed knowledge gaps and suggested research priorities in the field of
Staphylococcus aureus mastitis. Staphylococcus aureus infecting the mammary gland …

Therapeutic Targeting of the Staphylococcus aureus Accessory Gene Regulator (agr) System

L Tan, SR Li, B Jiang, XM Hu, S Li - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Staphylococcus aureus can cause numerous different diseases, which has been attributed
to its large repertoire of virulence factors, many of which are under the control of the …

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 …

Quorum sensing in staphylococci

RP Novick, E Geisinger - Annual review of genetics, 2008 - annualreviews.org
The staphylococcal agr locus encodes a quorum sensing (QS) system that controls the
expression of virulence and other accessory genes by a classical two-component signaling …

Nuclease expression by Staphylococcus aureus facilitates escape from neutrophil extracellular traps

ETM Berends, AR Horswill, NM Haste… - Journal of innate …, 2010 - karger.com
Neutrophils are key effectors of the host innate immune response against bacterial infection.
Staphylococcus aureus is a preeminent human pathogen, with an ability to produce …