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Stephanie Brown, Guoqing Xia, Lyly G. Luhachack, +8

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Wall Teichoic Acid-Dependent Adsorption of Staphylococcal Siphovirus and Myovirus

Guoqing Xia, Rebecca M. Corrigan, Volker Winstel, +3

Journal of Bacteriology

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Wall teichoic acid structure governs horizontal gene transfer between major bacterial pathogens

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Nature Communications

Wall teichoic acids mediate increased virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

Stefanie Wanner, Jessica Schade, Daniela Keinhörster, +12

Nature Microbiology

Virulence FactorBacteriologyWall Teichoic AcidsMicrobiologyInfection Control +2

Wall Teichoic Acid Glycosylation Governs Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Colonization

Volker Winstel, Petra Kühner, Ferdinand Salomon, +5

mBio

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

Biosynthesis of the Unique Wall Teichoic Acid of Staphylococcus aureus Lineage ST395

Volker Winstel, Patricia Sanchez‐Carballo, Otto Holst, +2

mBio

Exometabolome Analysis Identifies Pyruvate Dehydrogenase as a Target for the Antibiotic Triphenylbismuthdichloride in Multiresistant Bacterial Pathogens

Timo A. Birkenstock, Manuel Liebeke, Volker Winstel, +6

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Exometabolome Profiling ApproachBioorganic ChemistryMultiresistant Bacterial PathogensUnique Tpbc-mediated ChangeBacteriology +20

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