title: Wall teichoic Acid-dependent adsorption of staphylococcal siphovirus and myovirus.
abstract: The molecular interactions between staphylococcal phages and host cell surfaces are poorly understood. Employing Staphylococcus aureus teichoic acid mutants, we demonstrate that wall teichoic acid (WTA), but not lipoteichoic acid, serves as a receptor for staphylococcal siphovirus and myovirus, while only the siphovirus requires glycosylated WTA.
authors.affiliation: Cellular and Molecular Microbiology Section, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Strasse 6, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany. guoqing.xia@med.uni-tuebingen.de
authors.forename: Guoqing
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Rebecca M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Corrigan
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Winstel
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goerke
authors.forename: Angelika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gründling
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peschel
mesh_terms: D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D006031:Glycosylation; D009154:Mutation; D011991:Receptors, Virus / Q000378:metabolism*; D013204:Staphylococcus Phages / Q000502:physiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000821:virology*; D013682:Teichoic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011991:Receptors, Virus; D013682:Teichoic Acids