β-Hemolysin, not agrA mutation, inhibits the hemolysis of α-hemolysin in Staphylococcus aureus laboratory and clinical strains
ABSTRACTStaphylococcus aureus produces various hemolysins regulated by the Agr-QS system, except β-hemolysin encoded by the gene hlb. A classical laboratory S. aureus strain RN4220 displays only the β-hemolysin phenotype. It was suspected that the 8A mutation at the end of its agrA gene delayed the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2024-02-01
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| Series: | mSphere |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00673-23 |