title: Genome analysis of Staphylococcus aureus ST291, a double locus variant of ST398, reveals a distinct genetic lineage.
abstract: Staphylococcus aureus ST291 has been reported as a homologue recombinant double locus variant of the livestock associated S. aureus ST398. However, whole genome sequencing show that ST291 is a unique genetic lineage with highly variable content within its accessory genome compared to both human and livestock associated genome sequenced CC398s.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology and Infection Control, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark. mtg@ssi.dk
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stegger
authors.forename: Maliha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aziz
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chroboczek
authors.forename: Lance B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Troels
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ronco
authors.forename: Kristoffer
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kiil
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Skov
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.forename: Paal S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D056426:Genetic Loci / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D016680:Genome, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*