Using Whole Genome Analysis to Examine Recombination across Diverse Sequence Types of Staphylococcus aureus.

Staphylococcus aureus is an important clinical pathogen worldwide and understanding this organism's phylogeny and, in particular, the role of recombination, is important both to understand the overall spread of virulent lineages and to characterize outbreaks. To further elucidate the phylogeny...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth M Driebe, Jason W Sahl, Chandler Roe, Jolene R Bowers, James M Schupp, John D Gillece, Erin Kelley, Lance B Price, Talima R Pearson, Crystal M Hepp, Pius M Brzoska, Craig A Cummings, Manohar R Furtado, Paal S Andersen, Marc Stegger, David M Engelthaler, Paul S Keim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4498916?pdf=render