Livestock-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) Clonal Complex (CC) 398 isolated from UK animals belongs to European lineages.

Livestock-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) Clonal Complex (CC) 398 isolated from UK animals belongs to European lineages.

In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of livestock-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) clonal complex (CC) 398 recovered from S. aureus isolated animals in the UK. To determine possible origins of 12 LA-MRSA CC398 isolates collected after screening mo...

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Main Authors: Meenaxi Sharma, Javier Nunez-Garcia, Angela Kearns, Michel Doumith, Patrick Rik Butaye, Maria Angeles Argudín, Angela Lahuerta-Marin, Bruno Pichon, Manal AbuOun, Jon Rogers, Richard Ellis, Christopher Teale, Muna Anjum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
whole genome sequencing
methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in animals
UK CC398s
zinc and cadmium resistance
avian prophage genes.
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01741/full

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