Inactivation of the Ecs ABC Transporter of Staphylococcus aureus Attenuates Virulence by Altering Composition and Function of Bacterial Wall

• Ing-Marie Jonsson,

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

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• Jarmo T. Juuti,

  Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistance Unit, Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland

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• Patrice François,

  Affiliation Genomic Research Laboratory, Service of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals of Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Rana AlMajidi,

  Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistance Unit, Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland

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• Milla Pietiäinen,

  Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistance Unit, Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland

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• Myriam Girard,

  Affiliation Genomic Research Laboratory, Service of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals of Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Catharina Lindholm,

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

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• Manfred J. Saller,

  Affiliation Molecular Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Kluyver Centre for the Genomics of Industrial Fermentations and the Zernike Institute of Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands

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• Arnold J. M. Driessen,

  Affiliation Molecular Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Kluyver Centre for the Genomics of Industrial Fermentations and the Zernike Institute of Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands

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• Pentti Kuusela,

  Affiliations Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Helsinki University Central Hospital Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland

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• Maria Bokarewa,

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

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• Jacques Schrenzel,

  Affiliation Genomic Research Laboratory, Service of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals of Geneva, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Vesa P. Kontinen

  * E-mail: vesa.p.kontinen@helsinki.fi

  Affiliations Antimicrobial Resistance Unit, Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland, Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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