Affiliation:
1. Section of Microbiology and MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Staphylococcus aureus
is a hardy organism that can survive high-salt conditions better than many other bacteria. This characteristic is thought to help
S. aureus
survive in the nares and on the skin of the human host and is used to selectively propagate and identify
Staphylococcus
species. However, the mechanism that allows
S. aureus
to tolerate such high-salt conditions is not well understood. A recent study in
mBio
by A. Price-Whelan et al. [mBio 4(4):e00407-13, 2013, doi:10.1128/mBio.00407-13] highlights the importance of potassium uptake in this process. This commentary provides a perspective of the study by Price-Whelan et al. as well as other recently reported work on potassium uptake and transport systems in
S. aureus
.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Cited by
48 articles.
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