Evolutionary Trade-Offs Underlie the Multi-faceted Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus

PLoS Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Laabei, Maisem ^a   Uhlemann, Anne Catrin ^b   Lowy, Franklin D ^b   Austin, Eloise D ^b   Yokoyama, Maho ^a   Ouadi, Khadija ^a   Feil, Edward ^a   Thorpe, Harry A ^a   Williams, Barnabas ^a   Perkins, Mark ^a   Peacock, Sharon J ^c   Clarke, Stephen R ^d   Dordel, Janina ^e   Holden, Matthew ^e,f   Votintseva, Antonina A ^g   Bowden, Rory ^h   Crook, Derrick W ^g   Young, Bernadette C ^g   Wilson, Daniel J ^g,h   Recker, Mario ⁱ   Massey, Ruth C ^a   more..

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BIOFILM; ENZYMOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EXTRACELLULAR TRAP; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ALPHA DEFENSIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; BACTEREMIA; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EXTRACELLULAR TRAPS; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84943144528     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002229     Document Type: Article

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