Emergence of the Epidemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain USA300 Coincides with Horizontal Transfer of the Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element and <i>speG</i> -mediated Adaptations for Survival on Skin

Paul J. Planet(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia), Alice Prince(Columbia University Irving Medical Center), Ali Dana(University of Notre Dame), Ritwij Kulkarni(University of Louisiana at Lafayette), Amy Xu(Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), Apurva Narechania(American Museum of Natural History), Adam J. Ratner(New York University), Sam Boundy(Virginia Commonwealth University), Hannah Smith(Columbia University), Samuel J. LaRussa(Columbia University), Chanelle Ryan(Columbia University), Anne‐Catrin Uhlemann(Columbia University Irving Medical Center), Sergios‐Orestis Kolokotronis(American Museum of Natural History), Julia Goldberg(Columbia University), Joan A. Geoghegan(MicroBio Engineering (United States))
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