From Friend to Foe: Toxicity Trade-Offs Govern Staphylococcus aureus Infection Severity.
The life-threatening human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus experiences an evolutionary tug-of-war between highly toxic strains, which are better able to transmit between hosts and less toxic strains which are better at infecting a single host. Read the Research Article.
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D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D006801:Humans; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity*