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Staphylococcal Phages Adapt to New Hosts by Extensive Attachment Site Variability

Bacterial pathogens commonly carry prophages that express virulence factors, and human strains of Staphylococcus aureus carry Sa3int phages, which promote immune evasion. Recently, however, these phages have been found in livestock-associated, methicillin-resistant S. aureus (LA-MRSA). This is surpr...

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Autores principales: Leinweber, Helena, Sieber, Raphael N., Larsen, Jesper, Stegger, Marc, Ingmer, Hanne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8649754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34872344
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02259-21