The epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-
MRSA) USA300 lineage has recently become a leading cause of hospital-associated …

The bacterial pathogen, Staphylococcus aureus, grows by dividing in two alternating
orthogonal planes. How these cell division planes are positioned correctly is not known …

Antibiotics that have multiple cellular targets theoretically reduce the frequency of resistance
evolution, but adaptive trajectories and resistance mechanisms against such antibiotics are …

Staphylococcus aureus is a pulmonary pathogen associated with substantial human
morbidity and mortality. As vaccines targeting virulence determinants have failed to be …

Staphylococcus aureus is a successful pathogen that produces a wide range of virulence
factors that it uses to subvert and suppress the immune system. These include the …

Acinetobacter baumannii is classified as a top priority pathogen by the World Health
Organization (WHO) because of its widespread resistance to all classes of antibiotics. This …

Gene editing is a fundamental technique for the identification of the linkages from genetic
determinants to significant biological phenotypes, and the engineering of industrial strains to …

Genetic tools form the basis for the study of molecular mechanisms. Despite many recent
advances in the field of genetic engineering in bacteria, genetic toolsets remain scarce for …

Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic pathogen that can cause soft tissue infections but
is also a frequent cause of foodborne illnesses. One contributing factor for this food …

Infections caused by the Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus remain a
significant health threat globally. The production of bicomponent pore-forming leukocidins …