Genome Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus ST291, a Double Locus Variant of ST398, Reveals a Distinct Genetic Lineage

Authors :: Kristoffer Kiil
Lance B. Price
Troels Ronco
Robert Skov
Maliha Aziz
Tomasz Chroboczek
Marc Stegger
Paal Skytt Andersen
Frédéric Laurent
Source :: PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 5, p e63008 (2013)
Publication Year :: 2013
Publisher :: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013.
Abstract: Staphylococcus aureus ST291 has been reported as a homologue recombinant double locus variant of the livestock associated S. aureus ST398. However, whole genome sequencing show that ST291 is a unique genetic lineage with highly variable content within its accessory genome compared to both human and livestock associated genome sequenced CC398s.

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