Kohler Thomas, Weidenmaier Christopher, Peschel Andreas
Cellular and Molecular Microbiology Division, Medical Microbiology and Hygiene Institute, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
J Bacteriol. 2009 Jul;191(13):4482-4. doi: 10.1128/JB.00221-09. Epub 2009 May 8.
Skin-colonizing gram-positive bacteria produce wall teichoic acids (WTAs) or related glycopolymers for unclear reasons. Using a WTA-deficient Staphylococcus aureus mutant, we demonstrated that WTA confers resistance to antimicrobial fatty acids from human sebaceous glands by preventing fatty acid binding. Thus, WTA is probably important for bacterial skin colonization.
定殖于皮肤的革兰氏阳性菌会产生壁磷壁酸(WTA)或相关糖聚合物,原因不明。我们使用一株缺乏WTA的金黄色葡萄球菌突变体,证明WTA通过阻止脂肪酸结合来赋予对人皮脂腺抗菌脂肪酸的抗性。因此,WTA可能对细菌在皮肤定殖很重要。