Squalene makes up 12 % of human skin surface lipids, however little is known about its affects on the host skin microbiome. Here we tested the effect of squalene on genetic regulation of staphylococci
Staphylococcus aureus strain UAS300 wildtype and its isogenic SaeRS mutant (in-frame knock out of SaeRS) incubated with human synovial fluid for 4 hours were harvested for RNA extraction, cDNA library