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SUBMITTER: Navaratna MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC96736 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Navaratna M A MA Sahl H G HG Tagg J R JR
Infection and immunity 19990801 8
The production of exfoliative toxin B (ET-B), but not ET-A, was shown to be specifically associated with production of a highly conserved two-component lantibiotic peptide system in phage group II Staphylococcus aureus. Two previously studied but incompletely characterized S. aureus bacteriocins, staphylococcins C55 and BacR1, were found to be members of this lantibiotic system, and considerable homology was also found with the two-component Lactococcus lactis bacteriocin, lacticin 3147. sacalph ...[more]