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Evolution and pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus: lessons learned from genotyping and comparative genomics.
FEMS microbiology reviews - 1 Jan 2008
Feng Ye, Chen Chih-Jung, Su Lin-Hui, Hu Songnian, Yu Jun, Chiu Cheng-Hsun
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Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic pathogen and the major causative agent of numerous hospital- and community-acquired infections. Multilocus sequence typing reveals a highly clonal structure for S. aureus. Although infrequently occurring across clonal complexes, homologous recombination still contributed to the evolution of this species over the long term. agr-mediated bacterial interference has divided...
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