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Methodology for the Study of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Staphylococcus aureus
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Draft genome sequences of Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 34 (ST34) and ST42 hybrids
Jonathan C Thomas1, Paul A Godfrey, Michael Feldgarden
1Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
Journal of Bacteriology
|April 27, 2012
Abstract:
Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of antimicrobial-resistant infections of humans. Hybrids of S. aureus, which originate from large-scale chromosomal recombinations between parents of distinct genetic backgrounds, are of interest from clinical and evolutionary perspectives. We present draft genome sequences of two S. aureus hybrids of sequence type 34 (ST34) and ST42.
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