Revisiting the genomes of the Staphylococcus aureus strains NCTC 8325 and RN4220

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 302, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 84-87

  Berscheid, Anne ^a   Sass, Peter ^a   Weber Lassalle, Konstantin ^a   Cheung, Ambrose L ^b   Bierbaum, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Genome sequence; NCTC 8325; RN4220; Sequencing errors; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84858796014     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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