Requirement of the agr locus for colony spreading of Staphylococcus aureus

Eleni Tsompanidou; Mark J J B Sibbald; Monika A Chlebowicz; Annette Dreisbach; Jaap Willem Back; Jan Maarten van Dijl; Girbe Buist; Emma L Denham

doi:10.1128/JB.01276-10

Requirement of the agr locus for colony spreading of Staphylococcus aureus

Eleni Tsompanidou, Mark J J B Sibbald, Monika A Chlebowicz, Annette Dreisbach, Jaap Willem Back, Jan Maarten van Dijl, Girbe Buist, Emma L Denham

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Abstract

The important human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus is known to spread on soft agar plates. Here, we show that colony spreading of S. aureus involves the agr quorum-sensing system. This finding can be related to the agr-dependent expression of biosurfactants, such as phenol-soluble modulins, suggesting a connection between spreading motility and virulence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1267-72
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Bacteriology
Volume	193
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.01276-10
Publication status	Published - Mar 2011

Keywords

Bacterial Proteins/genetics
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial/physiology
Mutation
Quorum Sensing/physiology
Staphylococcus aureus/genetics
Surface-Active Agents/metabolism
Trans-Activators/genetics

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