Highly divergent Staphylococcus aureus isolates from African non-human primates

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-146

  Schaumburg, F ^a,c   Alabi, A S ^c,d   Kock R ^b   Mellmann, A ^b   Kremsner, P G ^c,d   Boesch, C ^e   Becker, K ^a   Leendertz, F H ^f   Peters, G ^a  

^a Institute of Medical Microbiology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^f ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAPLORHINI; HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84856711024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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