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. 2016 Dec 22;4(6):e01442-16.
doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01442-16.

Draft Whole-Genome Sequence of a Catalase-Negative Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus (Sequence Type 25) Strain Isolated from a Patient with Endocarditis and Septic Arthritis

Byron Berenger  1 , Justin Chen  2 , Anne-Marie Bernier  3 , Kathryn Bernard  4   5
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Draft Whole-Genome Sequence of a Catalase-Negative Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus (Sequence Type 25) Strain Isolated from a Patient with Endocarditis and Septic Arthritis

Byron Berenger et al. Genome Announc. .

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus strains without catalase activity are rare, challenging to identify with conventional biochemical methods, and, despite a supposed decreased pathogenicity, can still cause disease. The first whole-genome sequence of a catalase-negative S. aureus isolate causing severe recurrent invasive infection with two novel missense mutations in the katA gene is reported here.

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