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. 2012 Apr;194(8):2107-8.
doi: 10.1128/JB.06631-11.

Genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus VC40, a vancomycin- and daptomycin-resistant strain, to study the genetics of development of resistance to currently applied last-resort antibiotics

Peter Sass  1 , Anne Berscheid, Andrea Jansen, Marion Oedenkoven, Christiane Szekat, Axel Strittmatter, Gerhard Gottschalk, Gabriele Bierbaum
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Genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus VC40, a vancomycin- and daptomycin-resistant strain, to study the genetics of development of resistance to currently applied last-resort antibiotics

Peter Sass et al. J Bacteriol. 2012 Apr.

Abstract

The increasing emergence of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a problem of global importance. Here, we report the genome of S. aureus VC40, which is resistant to the last-resort antibiotics vancomycin and daptomycin. Its genome sequence will allow insights into the mechanisms that convey full resistance to these compounds.

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