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A single nucleotide change in mutY increases the emergence of antibiotic-resistant Campylobacter jejuni mutants.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Oct 2015
Dai Lei, Muraoka Wayne T, Wu Zuowei, Sahin Orhan, Zhang Qijing
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OBJECTIVES: Mutator strains play an important role in the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Campylobacter jejuni is a leading cause of foodborne illnesses worldwide and is increasingly resistant to clinically important antibiotics. The objective of this study was to identify the genetic basis that contributes to a mutator phenotype in Campylobacter and determine the role of this phenotype in the...
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