Article
Molecular correlates of host specialization in Staphylococcus aureus.
PloS one - 31 Oct 2007
Herron-Olson Lisa, Fitzgerald J Ross, Musser James M, Kapur Vivek
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The majority of Staphylococcus aureus isolates that are recovered from either serious infections in humans or from mastitis in cattle represent genetically distinct sets of clonal groups. Moreover, population genetic analyses have provided strong evidence of host specialization among S. aureus clonal groups associated with human and ruminant infection. However, the molecular basis of host...
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