Identification of novel surface-expressed factors mediating virulence and biofilm formation in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

A first objective of the project is the identification of genes encoding novel virulence factors, which are expressed at the bacterial surface of MRSA.A second objective is to study the differences in biofilm-forming capabilities between hospital-acquired (HA) and community-acquired (CA)-MRSA in the presence and absence of antibiotic pressure.A third objective of this project is to find an explanation why certain MRSA clones are highly epidemic.

Keywords:STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, MICROBIOLOGY

Disciplines:Microbiology, Systems biology, Laboratory medicine

Project type:Collaboration project