Whole genome analysis of epidemiologically closely related Staphylococcus aureus isolates.

The change of the bacteria from colonizers to pathogens is accompanied by a drastic change in expression profiles. These changes may be due to environmental signals or to mutational changes. We therefore compared the whole genome sequences of four sets of S. aureus isolates. Three sets were from the...

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Main Authors: Maarten Schijffelen, Sergey R Konstantinov, Gérard Lina, Iris Spiliopoulou, Engeline van Duijkeren, Ellen C Brouwer, Ad C Fluit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3804489?pdf=render