Genomic signature of experimental adaptation of Staphylococcus aureus to a natural combination of insect antimicrobial peptides
Olga Makarova, Paul Johnston, Alexandro Rodriguez-Rojas, Baydaa el-Shazely, Javier Moreno Morales, Jens Rolff
This study evolves Staphylococcus aureus to resist insect antimicrobial peptides and finds mutations in ytr and nsa operons confer resistance, with varying fitness costs.
bioRxiv · Sep 27, 2017 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology