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  • noun medicine An antibiotic obtained from Staphylococcus simulans

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Examples

  • The researchers chose the enzyme lysostaphin, which is known to kill the Staphylococcus bacteria.

    Swatting 'Superbugs' in Hospitals, Homes 2010

  • First they had to figure out how to successfully attach the lysostaphin to the nanotube.

    Swatting 'Superbugs' in Hospitals, Homes 2010

  • The answer was yes and the team quickly focused on lysostaphin, an enzyme secreted by non-pathogenic Staph strains, harmless to humans and other organisms, capable of killing

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

  • The answer was yes and the team quickly focused on lysostaphin, an enzyme secreted by non-pathogenic Staph strains, harmless to humans and other organisms, capable of killing Staphylococcus aureus, including MRSA, and commercially available.

    innovations-report 2010

  • "The more the lysostaphin is able to move around, the more it is able to function."

    innovations-report 2010

  • The nanotube-lysostaphin coating does neither, said Dordick.

    innovations-report 2010

  • If you put a tiny amount of lysostaphin in a solution with

    innovations-report 2010

  • The new coating marries carbon nanotubes with lysostaphin, a naturally occurring enzyme used by non-pathogenic strains of Staph bacteria to defend against Staphylococcus aureus, including

    innovations-report 2010

  • Interestingly, when S. aureus was treated with lysostaphin and lysozyme to remove the cell wall, the resulting protoplasts exhibited a remarkably different SERS spectrum (blue trace,

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • Interestingly, when S. aureus was treated with lysostaphin and lysozyme to remove the cell wall, the resulting protoplasts exhibited a remarkably different SERS spectrum (blue trace,

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ting-Ting Liu et al. 2009

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