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Polymorphism of the cell wall-anchoring domain of the autolysin-adhesin AtlE and its relationship to sequence type, as revealed by multilocus sequence typing of invasive and commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis strains.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 2006
Sivadon V, Rottman M, Quincampoix J-C, Prunier E, de Mazancourt P, Bernard L, Lortat-Jacob A, Piriou P, Judet T, Gaillard J-L
Abstract excerpt
We sequenced the adhesin-cell wall-anchoring domain of the atlE gene of 49 invasive and commensal Staphylococcus epidermidis strains. We identified 22 alleles, which could be separated into two main groups: group 1 (alleles 1 and 6 to 16, 32/49 strains) and group 2 (alleles 2 to 5 and 17 to 22, 17/49 strains). Allele 1 (the type strain sequence) was by far the most prevalent (21 of 49 strains). Multilocus...
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