Bacterial function discovered that phagocytizes DNA to survive immune system
How the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus captures DNA from the infected cell to repair its genetic material during infection
13-Apr-2022 -
An international team led by the Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC) describes in Nature Communications a new function of the comk gene, belonging to the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus, which captures exogenous DNA to repair its genetic material and thus survive the host immune ...
bacteria
immune system
Staphylococcus aureus