Staphylococcus aureus isolates from eurasian beavers (castor fiber) carry a novel phage-borne bicomponent leukocidin related to the panton-valentine leukocidin

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  • who: Stefan Monecke from the Leibniz Institute Dresden University have published the research: Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Eurasian Beavers (Castor fiber) carry a novel phage-borne bicomponent leukocidin related to the Panton-Valentine leukocidin, in the Journal: Scientific Reports Scientific Reports

SUMMARY

    While all German isolates yielded hybridisation signals for lukF/S-PV, frequently only weak positive or ambiguous results for the lukS-PV probe were observed. The chromosomal variant of the metallothiol transferase gene fosB was present in all CC1956 isolates. Indeed, it was also present in the CC8 and CC12 beaver . . .

     

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