Title: Molecular correlates of host specialization in Staphylococcus aureus. |
Journal: PloS one. 2007 Oct;2(10):e1120 |
Authors: Herron-Olson L, Fitzgerald JR, Musser JM, Kapur V. |
Abstract: The majority of Staphylococcus aureus isolates that are recovered from either serious infections in humans or from mastitis in cattle represent genetically distinct sets of clonal groups. Moreover, population genetic analyses have provided strong evidence of host specialization among S. aureus clonal groups associated with human and ruminant infection. However, the molecular basis of host specialization in S. aureus is not understood. |
See full PubMed entry: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17971880 |