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Phenotypic Variation Is Almost Entirely Independent of the Host-Pathogen Relationship in Clinical Isolates of S. aureus

BACKGROUND: A key feature of Staphylococcus aureus biology is its ability to switch from an apparently benign colonizer of ~30% of the population to a cutaneous pathogen, to a deadly invasive pathogen. Little is known about the mechanisms driving this transition or the propensity of different S. aur...

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Autores principales: Land, Adrian D., Hogan, Patrick, Fritz, Stephanie, Levin, Petra Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4476556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26098551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129670