Regulation of Staphylococcus aureus Type 5 and Type 8 Capsular Polysaccharides by CO 2
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Regulation of Staphylococcus aureus type 5 and type 8 capsular polysaccharides by CO(2).
Staphylococcus aureus expression of capsular polysaccharide type 5 (CP5) has been shown to be downregulated by CO(2). Here we show that CO(2) reduces CP5 expression at the transcriptional level and that CO(2) regulates CP8 expression depending on the genetic background of the strains. Growth in the presence of air supplemented with 5% CO(2) caused a significant decrease in CP8 expression in fou...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.183.15.4609-4613.2001