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The phylogeny of Staphylococcus aureus - which genes make the best intra-species markers?
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 May 2006
Cooper Jessica E, Feil Edward J
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The ability to make informed decisions on the suitability of alternative marker loci is central for population and epidemiological investigations. This issue was addressed using Staphylococcus aureus as a model population by generating nucleotide sequence data from 33 gene fragments in a representative sample of 30 strains. Supplementing the data with pre-existing multilocus sequence typing data, an intra-species...
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