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High phenotypic diversity in infecting but not in colonizing Staphylococcus aureus populations.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 2007
Goerke Christiane, Gressinger Matthias, Endler Kathrin, Breitkopf Claudia, Wardecki Katrin, Stern Martin, Wolz Christiane, Kahl Barbara C
Abstract excerpt
In hostile environments diversity within a bacterial population may be beneficial for the fitness of the microbial community as a whole. Here we analysed the population diversity of Staphylococcus aureus in infecting and colonizing situations. In the study, performed independently in two German centres, the heterogeneity of the S. aureus population was determined by quantifying the occurrence of phenotypic...
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