Extensive horizontal gene transfer during staphylococcus aureus co-colonization in vivo

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2697-2708

  McCarthy, Alex J ^a   Loeffler, Anette ^b   Witney, Adam A ^a   Gould, Katherine A ^a   Lloyd, David H ^b   Lindsay, Jodi A ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bacteriophage; experimental evolution.; host adaptation; plasmid; population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; PIG; PLASMID; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84922206077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu214     Document Type: Article

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