A Look into the Melting Pot: The mecC-Harboring Region Is a Recombination Hot Spot in Staphylococcus stepanovicii.

A Look into the Melting Pot: The mecC-Harboring Region Is a Recombination Hot Spot in Staphylococcus stepanovicii.

INTRODUCTION:Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is an important driver for resistance- and virulence factor accumulation in pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus. METHODS:Here, we have investigated the downstream region of the bacterial chromosomal attachment site (attB) for the staphylococc...

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Main Authors: Torsten Semmler, Ewan M Harrison, Antina Lübke-Becker, Rainer G Ulrich, Lothar H Wieler, Sebastian Guenther, Ivonne Stamm, Anne-Merethe Hanssen, Mark A Holmes, Szilvia Vincze, Birgit Walther
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4723332?pdf=render

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