Insights on evolution of virulence and resistance from the complete genome analysis of an early methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain and a biofilm-producing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis strain

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2426-2438

  Gill, Steven R ^a   Fouts, Derrick E ^a   Archer, Gordon L ^b   Mongodin, Emmanuel F ^a   DeBoy, Robert T ^a   Ravel, Jacques ^a   Paulsen, Ian T ^a   Kolonay, James F ^a   Brinkac, Lauren ^a   Beanan, Mauren ^a   Dodson, Robert J ^a   Daugherty, Sean C ^a   Madupu, Ramana ^a   Angiuoli, Samuel V ^a   Durkin, A Scott ^a   Haft, Daniel H ^a   Vamathevan, Jessica ^a   Khouri, Hoda ^a   Utterback, Terry ^a,c   Lee, Chris ^a   Dimitrov, George ^a   Jiang, Lingxia ^a   Qin, Haiying ^a   Weidman, Jan ^a   Tran, Kevin ^a   Kang, Kathy ^a   Hance, Ioana R ^a   Nelson, Karen E ^a   Fraser, Claire M ^a   more..

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c J Craig Venter Science Foundation Joint Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ENTEROTOXIN; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; LEUKOTOXIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METICILLIN; PHENOL; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BIOFILMS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 20144372744     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.7.2426-2438.2005     Document Type: Article

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