Author

T. Stephens

View on Semantic Scholar

1 paper indexed here

We haven’t gathered this author’s papers yet. Follow them and we’ll fetch their work.

Not the right person? Other researchers publish under this name.

Open access Aug 2026

In Staphylococcus aureus, MbcS is a refunctionalized acyl-CoA synthetase that confers a fitness advantage during intra-species competition

A model in which the MbcS-dependent pathway enables S. aureus to scavenge BCFA precursors under nutrient-limited conditions, providing a competitive advantage in polymicrobial environments is supported.

Marcelle C. dos Santos Ferreira, T. Stephens, Shaun R. Brinsmade · Journal of Bacteriology · 0 citations