My first foray into immunology came when we investigated the immunological specificity of the cell wall of S. aureus. Rabbit antisera prepared against cell walls of this organism agglutinated the ...

S. aureus cell wall-associated virulence factors include capsular polysaccharides (CPs), staphyloxanthin (carotenoid pigment), and a group of proteins known as microbial surface components ...

The cell wall is essential for bacterial life and its synthesis is the target of crucial antibiotics such as penicillin and vancomycin. We determine the structure and function of the cell wall to ...

The most detailed study to date on the mechanisms by which a common type of bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, adapts to ...

Staphylococcus ... aureus from antimicrobial fatty acids (AFAs) through different mechanisms. Multiple additional components contribute to defense from AFAs, including staphyloxanthin, wall ...

The various cellular pathways that antibiotics inhibit, which include the synthesis of the cell wall and macromolecules ... coli) and Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus) bacteria.