Staphylococcus aureus ST59: Concurrent but Separate Evolution of North American and East Asian Lineages

Staphylococcus aureus ST59: Concurrent but Separate Evolution of North American and East Asian Lineages

Despite initially being described in North America, Staphylococcus aureus (SA) sequence type ST59 is the most commonly isolated sequence type in Eastern Asia. The origins and evolution of this strain type remains unclear and therefore we gathered a collection of ST59 isolates from Canada and mainlan...

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Main Authors: Jo-Ann McClure, Sahreena Lakhundi, Amani Niazy, George Dong, Osahon Obasuyi, Paul Gordon, Sidong Chen, John M. Conly, Kunyan Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Staphylococcus aureus
multilocus sequence type ST59
whole genome sequences
phylogeny
evolution
mobile genetic element
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.631845/full

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