Emergence of the epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain USA300 coincides with horizontal transfer of the arginine catabolic mobile element and speG-mediated adaptations for survival on skin

mBio

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Planet, Paul J ^a,b   Larussa, Samuel J ^a   Dana, Ali ^c   Smith, Hannah ^a   Xu, Amy ^a   Ryan, Chanelle ^a   Uhlemann, Anne Catrin ^a   Boundy, Sam ^d   Goldberg, Julia ^a   Narechania, Apurva ^b   Kulkarni, Ritwij ^a   Ratner, Adam J ^a   Geoghegan, Joan A ^e   Kolokotronis, Sergios Orestis ^b,f   Prince, Alice ^a  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^f FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIFAMOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRONECTIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; POLYAMINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; SPERMIDINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARGININE CATABOLIC MOBILE ELEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS USA300; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SKIN; SPEG GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYLOGENY; POLYAMINES; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84891604899     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00889-13     Document Type: Article

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