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Exploring the success of Brazilian endemic clone Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST277 and its association with the CRISPR-Cas system type I-C.
BMC genomics - 23 Mar 2020
Silveira Melise Chaves, Rocha-de-Souza Cláudio Marcos, Albano Rodolpho Mattos, de Oliveira Santos Ivson Cassiano, Carvalho-Assef Ana Paula D'Alincourt
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BACKGROUND: The Brazilian endemic clone Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST277 carries important antibiotic resistance determinants, highlighting the gene coding for SPM-1 carbapenemase. However, the resistance and persistence of this clone is apparently restricted to the Brazilian territory. To understand the differences between Brazilian strains from those isolated in other countries, we performed a phylogenetic analysis...
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