Disease-associated genotypes of the commensal skin bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis

Some of the most common infectious diseases are caused by bacteria that naturally colonise humans asymptomatically. Combating these opportunistic pathogens requires an understanding of the traits that differentiate infecting strains from harmless relatives. Staphylococcus epidermidis is carried asym...

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Main Author: Méric, Guillaume (author)
Other Authors: Mageiros, Leonardos (author), Pensar, Johan (author), Laabei, Maisem (author), Yahara, Koji (author), Pascoe, Ben (author), Kittiwan, Nattinee (author), Tadee, Phacharaporn (author), Post, Virginia (author), Lamble, Sarah (author), Bowden, Rory (author), Bray, James E. (author), Morgenstern, Mario (author), Jolley, Keith A. (author), Maiden, Martin C.J. (author), Feil, Edward J. (author), Didelot, Xavier (author), Miragaia, Maria (author), de Lencastre, Herminia (author), Moriarty, T. Fintan (author), Rohde, Holger (author), Massey, Ruth (author), Mack, Dietrich (author), Corander, Jukka (author), Sheppard, Samuel K. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Chemistry(all)
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
Physics and Astronomy(all)
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07368-7
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/68544

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07368-7

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