Complete genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus XN108, an ST239-MRSA-SCCmec III strain with intermediate vancomycin resistance isolated in mainland China

Genome Announcements

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Xia ^a   Xu, Xiaomeng ^b   Yuan, Wenchang ^a   Hu, Qiwen ^a   Shang, Weilong ^a   Hu, Xiaomei ^a   Tong, Yigang ^b   Rao, Xiancai ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 85003582751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00449-14     Document Type: Article

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