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Staphylococcus carnosus: from starter culture to protein engineering platform

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...

John Löfblom, Ralf Rosenstein, Minh-Thu Nguyen… in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2017)

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Role 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 tRNA^Met formyl transferase. fmt mutants exhibit reduced growth ra...

Diana Mader, Manuel Liebeke, Volker Winstel, Karen Methling… in BMC Microbiology (2013)

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Transcriptomic 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...

Bénédicte Fleury, William L Kelley, Daniel Lew, Friedrich Götz… in BMC Microbiology (2009)

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The 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...

Dirk Kraus, Silvia Herbert, Sascha A Kristian, Arya Khosravi… in BMC Microbiology (2008)

Reference Work Entry In depth

The Genera Staphylococcus and Macrococcus

Friedrich Götz, Tammy Bannerman, Karl-Heinz Schleifer in The Prokaryotes (2006)