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Staphylococcus aureus Temperate Bacteriophage: Carriage and Horizontal Gene Transfer is Lineage Associated

Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of human and animal infections. Bacteriophage are a class of mobile genetic element (MGE) that carry virulence genes and disseminate them horizontally, including Panton–Valentine leukocidin (PVL), the immune evasion cluster (IEC) associated with human specifici...

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Autores principales: McCarthy, Alex J., Witney, Adam A., Lindsay, Jodi. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Research Foundation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3417521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22919598
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2012.00006