The microbiomes on human body surfaces affect health in multiple ways. They include not
only commensal or mutualistic bacteria but also potentially pathogenic bacteria, which can …

Coagulase-negative Staphylococci (CoNS) are skin commensal bacteria. Besides their role
in maintaining homeostasis, CoNS have emerged as major pathogens in nosocomial …

Staphylococcus aureus is an important pathogen of both humans and animals, implicated in
a wide range of infections. The emergence of antibiotic resistance has resulted in S. aureus …

Abstract We developed Growth Rate InDex (GRiD) for estimating in situ growth rates of ultra-
low coverage (> 0.2×) and de novo-assembled metagenomes. Applying GRiD to human and …

The skin microbiota is thought to play a key role in host protection from infection. Nisin J is a
novel nisin variant produced by Staphylococcus capitis APC 2923, a strain isolated from the …

In June 2021, a national incident team was formed due to an increased detection of
Staphylococcus capitis in samples from hospitalised infants. Staphylococcus capitis has …

Staphylococcus aureus is usually regarded as a bacterial pathogen due to its ability to
cause multiple types of invasive infections. Nevertheless, S. aureus colonizes about 30% of …

The microbiome represents a vast resource for drug discovery, as its members engage in
constant conflict to outcompete one another by deploying diverse strategies for survival …

For decades research has centered on identifying the ideal balanced skin microbiome that
prevents disease and on developing therapeutics to foster this balance. However, this single …

Bacteriocins are antimicrobial peptides with relevance in the modulation of human and
animal microbiota that have gained interest in biomedical and biotechnological applications …