Phage-Mediated Immune Evasion and Transmission of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Humans
Raphael N. Sieber, Tinna R. Urth, Andreas Petersen, Camilla H. Møller, Lance B. Price, Robert L. Skov, Anders R. Larsen, Marc Stegger
1, and Jesper Larsen
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Author affiliations: Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark (R.N. Sieber, T.R. Urth, A. Petersen, C.H. Møller, R.L. Skov, A.R. Larsen, M. Stegger, J. Larsen); Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA (L.B. Price, M. Stegger); George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA (L.B. Price)
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Figure 1. Maximum-likelihood phylogeny showing the genetic diversity of the 20 IEC-harboring ΦSa3int prophages identified in livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398 isolates from North Denmark Region, Denmark. Capital letters indicate phylogenetic clusters (A–E). Red text indicates ΦSa3int prophages harboring both immune evasion cluster and tarP (cluster E). The phylogeny was estimated for 795 high-quality core SNPs. Filled circles at nodes indicate bootstrap values >90%. Scale bar represents number of nucleotide substitutions per variable site.
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