Acquisition of virulence factors in livestock-associated MRSA: Lysogenic conversion of CC398 strains by virulence gene-containing phages.

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Published in Sci Rep on May 17, 2017

Authors

Britta Kraushaar1, Jens Andre Hammerl1, Marina Kienöl1, Marie Luise Heinig1, Nina Sperling1, Mai Dinh Thanh1, Jochen Reetz1, Claudia Jäckel1, Alexandra Fetsch1, Stefan Hertwig2

Author Affiliations

1: German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Department Biological Safety, Berlin, Germany.
2: German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Department Biological Safety, Berlin, Germany. stefan.hertwig@bfr.bund.de.

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