The role of horizontal gene transfer in Staphylococcus aureus host adaptation

Virulence

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Guinane, Caitriona M ^a,c   Penadés, José R ^b   Fitzgerald, J Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^c TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Host adaptation; Human; Pathogenicity island; Ruminant; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLONE; GENE LOSS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ANIMAL; BOVIDS; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; RUMINANTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 85046980049     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.2.3.16193     Document Type: Article

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