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Phenotype and multi-omics comparison of Staphylococcus and Streptococcus uncovers pathogenic traits and predicts zoonotic potential.
BMC genomics - 4 Feb 2021
Zondervan Niels A, Martins Dos Santos Vitor A P, Suarez-Diez Maria, Saccenti Edoardo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus and Streptococcus species can cause many different diseases, ranging from mild skin infections to life-threatening necrotizing fasciitis. Both genera consist of commensal species that colonize the skin and nose of humans and animals, and of which some can display a pathogenic phenotype. RESULTS: We compared 235 Staphylococcus and 315 Streptococcus genomes based on their protein domain...
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