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Novel organization of the arginine catabolic mobile element and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec composite island and its horizontal transfer between distinct Staphylococcus aureus genotypes.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2013
Sabat Artur J, Köck Robin, Akkerboom Viktoria, Hendrix Ron, Skov Robert L, Becker Karsten, Friedrich Alexander W
Abstract excerpt
In this study, 425 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates recovered in the Dutch-German Euregio were investigated for the presence of the arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME). Sequence analysis by whole-genome sequencing revealed an entirely new organization of the ACME-staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec composite island (SCCmec-CI), with truncated ACME type II located downstream of...
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