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Bivariate genome-wide association study of the growth plasticity of Staphylococcus aureus in coculture with Escherichia coli.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Jun 2020
Zheng Xuyang, Bai Jun, Ye Meixia, Liu Yanxi, Jin Yi, He Xiaoqing
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Phenotypic plasticity is the capacity to change the phenotype in response to different environments without alteration of the genotype. Despite sufficient evidence that microorganisms have a major role in the fitness and sickness of eukaryotes, there has been little research regarding microbial phenotypic plasticity. In this study, 45 strains of Staphylococcus aureus were grown for 12 days in both monoculture and...
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