Prickly protein helps stop staph bacteria

Friday, February 7, 2014 - 16:00 in Biology & Nature

A genetic mechanism that controls the production of a large spike-like protein on the surface of Staphylococcus aureus (staph) bacteria alters the ability of the bacteria to form clumps and to cause disease, according to a new study.

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