Thioridazine Induces Major Changes in Global Gene Expression and Cell Wall Composition in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300. PLoS ONE , 2013; 8 (5): e64518 DOI: 10.1371/journal ...

A team of researchers led by Berkeley Lab scientists have explored, for the first time, how individual Staphylococcus cells glom onto metallic nanostructures of various shapes and sizes that are ...

Staphylococcus aureus is a dreaded pathogen in the hospital environment where it can cause serious infections. One of the remarkable properties of this bacterium is its exceptional ability to ...

To ensure correct cell division Staphylococci must remember which plane they previously divided along, but the mechanism by which this is achieved is unclear. In this article, using atomic force ...

Dokland’s study, “Structure of the host cell recognition and penetration machinery of a Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophage,” was recently published in PLOS Pathogens. The first author on the paper ...

The highly pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus bacteria is one of the five most common causes of hospital-acquired infections. In the US alone, approximately 500,000 patients at hospitals contract a ...

For Staphylococcus aureus, ... Peterson, M.M. et al. Apolipoprotein B is an innate barrier against invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection. Cell Host Microbe 4, 555–566 (2008).

Around 20 percent of all humans are persistently colonized with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, a leading cause of skin infections and one of the major sources of hospital-acquired infections, ...