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Evolutionary Processes Driving the Rise and Fall of Staphylococcus aureus ST239, a Dominant Hybrid Pathogen

Published:2021-12-21 Issue:6 Volume:12 Page:
ISSN:2150-7511
Container-title:mBio
language:en
Short-container-title:mBio

Author:

Gill Jacqueline L.¹,Hedge Jessica¹,Wilson Daniel J.²,MacLean R. Craig¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

2. Big Data Institute, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Abstract

The rise of antibiotic resistance in most pathogenic bacteria has been driven by the spread of a small number of epidemically successful resistant strains. However, the processes that drive the rise and fall of these “superbugs” remain poorly understood.

Funder

Wellcome Trust

UKRI | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Virology,Microbiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mBio.02168-21

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