| Literature DB >> 24002094 |
Artur J Sabat1, Robin Köck, Viktoria Akkerboom, Ron Hendrix, Robert L Skov, Karsten Becker, Alexander W Friedrich.
Abstract
In this study, 425 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates recovered in the Dutch-German Euregio were investigated for the presence of the arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME). Sequence analysis by whole-genome sequencing revealed an entirely new organization of the ACME-staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec composite island (SCCmec-CI), with truncated ACME type II located downstream of SCCmec. An identical nucleotide sequence of ACME-SCCmec-CI was found in two distinct MRSA lineages (t064-ST8 and t002-ST5), which has not been reported previously in S. aureus.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24002094 PMCID: PMC3811323 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01321-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191