MRSA epidemic linked to a quickly spreading colonization and virulence determinant

Min Li, Xin Du, Amer E. Villaruz, +8

Nature Medicine

Pathogen TransmissionPathogenesisDisease EmergenceDisease OutbreakVirulence Determinant +6

Green Synthesis of Silk Fibroin-Silver Nanoparticle Composites with Effective Antibacterial and Biofilm-Disrupting Properties

Xiang Fei, Minghui Jia, Xin Du, +5

Biomacromolecules

Materials ScienceRoom TemperatureChemical EngineeringEngineeringSilver Nanoparticles +8

Molecular Analysis of Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains Isolated from Community and Hospital Environments in China

Xin Du, Yuanjun Zhu, Yan Song, +7

PLoS ONE

An accessory wall teichoic acid glycosyltransferase protects Staphylococcus aureus from the lytic activity of Podoviridae

Xuehua Li, David Gerlach, Xin Du, +6

Scientific Reports

Microbial PathogensBacteriologyGlycobiologyMolecular BiologyStaphylococcus Aureus +20

Which factors contribute most to genome size variation within angiosperms?

Dandan Wang, Zeyu Zheng, Ying Li, +8

Ecology and Evolution

A chromosome-scale genome assembly of a diploid alfalfa, the progenitor of autotetraploid alfalfa

Ao Li, Liu Ai, Xin Du, +11

Horticulture Research

Transposon Mutagenesis Identifies Novel Genes Associated with Staphylococcus aureus Persister Formation

Wenjie Wang, Jiazhen Chen, Gang Chen, +8

Frontiers in Microbiology

BacteriologyStaphylococcus AureusMolecular BiologyEscherichia ColiPersister Formation +17

Structural Variants Selected during Yak Domestication Inferred from Long-Read Whole-Genome Sequencing

Shangzhe Zhang, Wenyu Liu, Xinfeng Liu, +8

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Staphylococcus epidermidis Phages Transduce Antimicrobial Resistance Plasmids and Mobilize Chromosomal Islands

Lenka Fišarová, Tibor Botka, Xin Du, +9

mSphere

Staphylococcus epidermidis clones express Staphylococcus aureus-type wall teichoic acid to shift from a commensal to pathogen lifestyle

Xin Du, Jesper Larsen, Min Li, +17

Nature Microbiology

Pathogenic MicrobiologyAntimicrobial SusceptibilityMicrobial PathogensMicrobial DiseaseBacteriology +4