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Phage-mediated intergeneric transfer of toxin genes.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 2 Jan 2009

Chen John, Novick Richard P

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Because bacteriophages generally parasitize only closely related bacteria, it is assumed that phage-mediated genetic exchange occurs primarily within species. Here we report that staphylococcal pathogenenicity islands, containing superantigen genes, and other mobile elements transferred to Listeria monocytogenes at the same high frequencies as they transfer within Staphylococcus aureus. Several staphylococcal...

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PMID: 19119236
DOI: 10.1126/science.1164783

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