The Ubiquitous Human Skin Commensal Staphylococcus hominis Protects against Opportunistic Pathogens

The Ubiquitous Human Skin Commensal Staphylococcus hominis Protects against Opportunistic Pathogens

ABSTRACT Staphylococcus hominis is frequently isolated from human skin, and we hypothesize that it may protect the cutaneous barrier from opportunistic pathogens. We determined that S. hominis makes six unique autoinducing peptide (AIP) signals that inhibit the major virulence factor accessory gene...

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Main Authors: Morgan M. Severn, Michael R. Williams, Ali Shahbandi, Zoie L. Bunch, Laurie M. Lyon, Amber Nguyen, Livia S. Zaramela, Daniel A. Todd, Karsten Zengler, Nadja B. Cech, Richard L. Gallo, Alexander R. Horswill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-06-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
Staphylococcus aureus
coagulase-negative staphylococci
quorum sensing
skin microbiota
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00930-22

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00930-22

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