MicrobiologybioRxiv
Controlling the Growth of the Skin Commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis Using D-Alanine Auxotrophy
T. M. Whitfill, D. Dodds, J. L. Bose…·T. Turecek
This paper engineers a D-alanine auxotrophic strain of S. epidermidis that can be controlled for therapeutic use on the skin without antibiotics or resistance genes.
DOI 10.1128/msphere.00360-20