Thymol Reduces agr-Mediated Virulence Factor Phenol-Soluble Modulin Production in Staphylococcus aureus

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Strain name</td><td class="align_center">Details</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">S. aureus WKZ-1 (MSSA)</td><td class="align_center">Clinical isolate (NR-28984)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">S. aureus WKZ-2 (MRSA)</td><td class="align_center">Clinical isolate (NR-28985)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">S. aureus ATCC29213 (MSSA)</td><td class="align_center">ATCC strain</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">S. aureus RN4220 (MSSA)</td><td class="align_center">ATCC strain (NR-45946)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">S. aureus LAC USA300 (MRSA)</td><td class="align_center">LAC wild-type strain</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">S. aureus LAC Δagr</td><td class="align_center">LAC Δagr (agr system entirely deleted)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">S. aureus LAC Δ3KO</td><td class="align_center">LAC Δ3KO (psmα, psmβ, and hld knockout)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>The S. aureus strains used in this study.</div>

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Table 1: Thymol Reduces agr-Mediated Virulence Factor Phenol-Soluble Modulin Production in Staphylococcus aureus