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• Peptidoglycan hydrolases - potential weapons against Staphylococcus aureus

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  • P. Szweda
  • M. Schielmann
  • R. Kotlowski
  • G. Gorczyca
  • M. Zalewska
  • S. Milewski

  - APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY - Year 2012

  Bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus are common pathogens responsible for a broad spectrum of human and animal infections and belong to most important etiological factors causing food poisoning. Because of rapid increase in prevalence of isolation of staphylococci resistant to many antibiotics, there is an urgent need for development of new alternative chemotherapeutics. A number of studies have recently demonstrated the strong...

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