Vicki FlemingEd FeilAndrew K. SewellNicholas DayAngus BucklingRuth C. MasseyUniversity of BathNuffield Department of Clinical MedicineMahidol UniversityUniversity of Oxford2018-08-202018-08-202006-11-01Journal of Bacteriology. Vol.188, No.21 (2006), 7686-7688002191932-s2.0-33750437775https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/23288Repression of virulence by Staphylococcus aureus strains from different Agr groups has been demonstrated in vitro and is proposed as a means of competitive interference. Here, using the insect Manduca sexta, we show for the first time that this interference also occurs in vivo within a mixed population. Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.Mahidol UniversityImmunology and MicrobiologyAgr interference between clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains in an insect model of virulenceArticleSCOPUS10.1128/JB.00700-06