Phenotypic Switching of Staphylococcus aureus Mu50 Into a Large Colony Variant Enhances Heritable Resistance Against β-Lactam Antibiotics

Phenotypic Switching of Staphylococcus aureus Mu50 Into a Large Colony Variant Enhances Heritable Resistance Against β-Lactam Antibiotics

Phenotypic heterogeneity within a bacterial population may confer new functionality and allow microorganisms to adapt to fluctuating environments. Previous work has suggested that Staphylococcus aureus could form small colony variants to avoid elimination by therapeutic antibiotics and host immunity...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yajun Sun, Miaomiao Liu, Mingze Niu, Xin Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Staphylococcus aureus
MRSA
phenotype switching
large colony
β-Lactams
lcpA
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.709841/full

Similar Items

Similar Items