Essential Staphylococcus aureus toxin export system
2013
Staphylococcus aureus is an important causative agent of many skin infections and produces numerous toxic phenol-soluble modulins that mediate its virulence. Michael Otto and colleagues have now identified the S. aureus genes that encode the peptide transporter responsible for the export of these toxins from the bacteria and reveal its crucial role in abscess formation in the skin.
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