PGRP-SC1aScer\UAS.cGa; Scer\GAL4T155 rescues survival times of S.aureus infected PGRP-SC1aZ2-4761 mutant adults to those seen in wild-type. This is accompanied by a rescue of the ability to phagocytose both dead S.aureus particles and to accumulate live S.aureus in phagosomes.