Sensory deprivation in Staphylococcus aureus

Bacteria use two-component systems (TCSs) to sense and respond to environmental changes. Here, the authors show that Staphylococcus aureus can survive in the absence of all its 16 TCSs under growth arrest conditions, and each TCS seems to be sufficient to sense and respond to specific environmental...

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Main Authors: Maite Villanueva, Begoña García, Jaione Valle, Beatriz Rapún, Igor Ruiz de los Mozos, Cristina Solano, Miguel Martí, José R. Penadés, Alejandro Toledo-Arana, Iñigo Lasa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02949-y