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Comparative genomics of the Staphylococcus intermedius group of animal pathogens.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2012
Ben Zakour Nouri L, Beatson Scott A, van den Broek Adri H M, Thoday Keith L, Fitzgerald J Ross
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The Staphylococcus intermedius group consists of three closely related coagulase-positive bacterial species including S. intermedius, Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, and Staphylococcus delphini. S. pseudintermedius is a major skin pathogen of dogs, which occasionally causes severe zoonotic infections of humans. S. delphini has been isolated from an array of different animals including horses, mink, and pigeons,...
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