Finding of Agr Phase Variants in Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for a broad range of infections. This pathogen has a vast arsenal of virulence factors at its disposal, but avirulent strains are frequently isolated as the cause of clinical infections. These isolates have a mutated agr locus and have been believed to have no ev...

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Main Authors: Vishal Gor, Aya J. Takemura, Masami Nishitani, Masato Higashide, Veronica Medrano Romero, Ryosuke L. Ohniwa, Kazuya Morikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-08-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
agr
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00796-19