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pH ranges of various niches S. aureus can colonize in the human host. Blood, pH 7.4 (Robinson 1975); vagina, 4.2 to 6.6 (Wagner and Ottesen 1982); abscess, 6.2 to 7.3 (Bessman, Page et al. 1989); urinary tract (UT), 4.6 to 7 (McClatchey 1994); lung, 6.8 to 7.6 (Cheng, Rodriguez et al. 1998); mouth, 5 to 7 (Dong, Pearce et al. 1999); nose, 6.5 to 7 (England, Homer et al. 1999); skin, 4.2 to 5.9 (Ehlers, Ivens et al. 2001).
