1. The impact of two-component sensorial network in staphylococcal speciation.
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Rapun-Araiz B, Haag AF, Solano C, and Lasa I
- Subjects
- Animals, Bacterial Proteins physiology, Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, Genes, Bacterial, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Humans, Staphylococcal Infections microbiology, Virulence, Signal Transduction genetics, Staphylococcus aureus physiology, Staphylococcus saprophyticus physiology
- Abstract
Bacteria use two-component systems (TCSs) to sense and respond to their environments. Free-living bacteria usually contain dozens of TCSs, each of them responsible for sensing and responding to a different range of signals. Differences in the content of two-component systems are related with the capacity of the bacteria to colonize different niches or improve the efficiency to grow under the conditions of the existing niche. This review highlights differences in the TCS content between Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus saprophyticus as a case study to exemplify how the ability to sense and respond to the environment is relevant for bacterial capacity to colonize and survive in/on different body surfaces., (Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)
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- 2020
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