Accessory gene regulator (Agr) functionality in Staphylococcus aureus derived from lower respiratory tract infections

• Meissiner Gomes-Fernandes ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Meissiner Gomes-Fernandes, Maisem Laabei

  Affiliations Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d’ Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain, CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Brasília, Brazil

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• Maisem Laabei ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Meissiner Gomes-Fernandes, Maisem Laabei

  Affiliations Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d’ Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

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• Natalia Pagan,

  Affiliation Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d’ Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain

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• Jessica Hidalgo,

  Affiliation Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d’ Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain

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• Sònia Molinos,

  Affiliation Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d’ Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain

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• Raquel Villar Hernandez,

  Affiliation Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d’ Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain

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• Dídac Domínguez-Villanueva,

  Affiliation Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d’ Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain

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• A. Toby A. Jenkins,

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

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• Alicia Lacoma ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work and are co-senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d’ Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBER, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Badalona, Spain

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• Cristina Prat

  * E-mail: crisprat2010@gmail.com

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work and are co-senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Microbiology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Institut d’ Investigació Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain, CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBER, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Badalona, Spain

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