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Extensive Horizontal Gene Transfer during Staphylococcus aureus Co-colonization In Vivo

Staphylococcus aureus is a commensal and major pathogen of humans and animals. Comparative genomics of S. aureus populations suggests that colonization of different host species is associated with carriage of mobile genetic elements (MGE), particularly bacteriophages and plasmids capable of encoding...

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Autores principales: McCarthy, Alex J., Loeffler, Anette, Witney, Adam A., Gould, Katherine A., Lloyd, David H., Lindsay, Jodi A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4224341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25260585
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evu214