PGA Key factor for both skin colonization as it contributes to salt resistance, and for survival during biofilm-related infections by means of protection against antimicrobial peptides and neutrophil ...

Background: Staphylococcus epidermidis is the predominating etiology of neonatal septicemia in industrilized countries, but specific virulence factors associated with S. epidermidis are incompletely ...

Initial studies of staphylococcal adhesion focused on binding to the extracellular matrix and plasma proteins. More recently, studies have investigated adhesins for human keratinocytes and their ...

An international research team discovers additional component in staphylococcal cell wall that turns the bacterium potentially deadly. The bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidisis primarily a harmless ...

Cryo-electron microscopy has exposed the structure of a bacterial virus with unprecedented detail. This is the first structure of a virus able to infect Staphylococcus epidermidis, and high-resolution ...

Bacteria that normally thrive on healthy skin may not only keep “bad” bacteria at bay — they may also help prevent skin cancer, researchers reported Wednesday. They found Staphylococcus epidermidis ...

A bacteria on your skin may produce a chemical that can protect against skin cancer, scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) reported in Science Advances on Wednesday. The new ...