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From Friend to Foe: Toxicity Trade-Offs Govern Staphylococcus aureus Infection Severity

PLoS Biology
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002230
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The life-threatening human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus experiences an evolutionary tug-of-war between highly toxic strains, which are better able to transmit between hosts and less toxic strains which are better at infecting a single host. Read the Research Article.

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Richardson, L. A. (2015, September 2). From Friend to Foe: Toxicity Trade-Offs Govern Staphylococcus aureus Infection Severity. PLoS Biology. Public Library of Science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002230

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