Esther Lehmann

This study identifies novel bacterial pathways involved in phage resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and shows how these mutations affect antibiotic susceptibility and virulence.

This study identifies ArlRS as essential for regulating β1,4-GlcNAc decoration of wall teichoic acids in S. aureus through MgrA, affecting phage lysis and host receptor interactions.

The paper develops a computational pipeline to classify phage receptor-binding proteins and predicts surface glycopolymer structure in Staphylococcus pathogens.