Open AccessFrom Friend to Foe: Toxicity Trade-Offs Govern Staphylococcus aureus Infection Severity
Author(s) -
Lauren A. Richardson
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002230
Subject(s) - biology , staphylococcus aureus , pathogen , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcal infections , host (biology) , toxicity , staphylococcus , bacteria , genetics , chemistry , organic chemistry
The life-threatening human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus experiences an evolutionary tug-of-war between highly toxic strains, which are better able to transmit between hosts and less toxic strains which are better at infecting a single host. Read the Research Article.