Species-Wide Phylogenomics of the Staphylococcus aureus Agr Operon Revealed Convergent Evolution of Frameshift Mutations

Species-Wide Phylogenomics of the Staphylococcus aureus Agr Operon Revealed Convergent Evolution of Frameshift Mutations

ABSTRACT Staphylococcus aureus is a prominent nosocomial pathogen that causes several life-threatening diseases, such as pneumonia and bacteremia. S. aureus modulates the expression of its arsenal of virulence factors through sensing and integrating responses to environmental signals. The agr (acces...

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Main Authors: Vishnu Raghuram, Ashley M. Alexander, Hui Qi Loo, Robert A. Petit, Joanna B. Goldberg, Timothy D. Read
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-02-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
Staphylococcus aureus
agr
bioinformatics
convergent evolution
genomics
hemolysis
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01334-21

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