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Since the 1950s, Staphylococcus carnosus is used as a starter culture for sausage fermentation where it contributes to food safety, flavor, and a controlled fermentation process. The long experience with S. carno...
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Open AccessRole of N-terminal protein formylation in central metabolic processes in Staphylococcus aureus
Bacterial protein biosynthesis usually depends on a formylated methionyl start tRNA but Staphylococcus aureus is viable in the absence of Fmt, the tRNAMet formyl transferase. fmt mutants exhibit reduced growth ra...
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Open AccessTranscriptomic and metabolic responses of Staphylococcus aureus exposed to supra-physiological temperatures
Previous evaluation by different molecular and physiological assays of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) responses to heat shock exposure yielded a still fragmentary view of the mechanisms determining bacterial s...
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Open AccessThe GraRS regulatory system controls Staphylococcus aureus susceptibility to antimicrobial host defenses
Modification of teichoic acids with D-alanine by the products of the dlt operon protects Gram-positive bacteria against major antimicrobial host defense molecules such as defensins, cathelicidins, myeloperoxidase...
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The Genera Staphylococcus and Macrococcus