Complete Circular Genome Sequence of Successful ST8/SCCmecIV Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (OC8) in Russia: One-Megabase Genomic Inversion, IS256's Spread, and Evolution of Russia ST8-IV.

ST8/SCCmecIV community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has been a common threat, with large USA300 epidemics in the United States. The global geographical structure of ST8/SCCmecIV has not yet been fully elucidated. We herein determined the complete circular genome s...

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Main Authors: Tsai-Wen Wan, Olga E Khokhlova, Yasuhisa Iwao, Wataru Higuchi, Wei-Chun Hung, Ivan V Reva, Olga A Singur, Vladimir V Gostev, Sergey V Sidorenko, Olga V Peryanova, Alla B Salmina, Galina V Reva, Lee-Jene Teng, Tatsuo Yamamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5065196?pdf=render