High Frequency and Diversity of Antimicrobial Activities Produced by Nasal Staphylococcus Strains against Bacterial Competitors.

The human nasal microbiota is highly variable and dynamic often enclosing major pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus. The potential roles of bacteriocins or other mechanisms allowing certain bacterial clones to prevail in this nutrient-poor habitat have hardly been studied. Of 89 nasal Staphyloco...

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Main Authors: Daniela Janek, Alexander Zipperer, Andreas Kulik, Bernhard Krismer, Andreas Peschel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-08-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005812

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