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SUBMITTER: Gruner BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1951231 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Grüner B M BM Han S-R SR Meyer H-G HG Wulf U U Bhakdi S S Siegel E K EK
Journal of clinical microbiology 20070620 8
We describe an unusual clinical strain of catalase-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sensu stricto. Sequence analysis of its catalase gene showed 99.60% identities to the catalase genes of the reference strains. A 5-base deletion, however, led to a shift of the nucleotide reading frame and a loss of the enzymatic activity. ...[more]