Ecological Overlap and Horizontal Gene Transfer in Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis.

Author(s): Méric G, Miragaia M, de Been M, Yahara K, Pascoe B, Mageiros L, Mikhail J, Harris LG, Wilkinson TS, Rolo J, Lamble S, Bray JE, Jolley KA, Hanage WP, Bowden R, Maiden MC, Mack D, de Lencastre H, Feil EJ, Corander J, Sheppard SKJournal: Genome Biol EvolPMID: 25888688 April 2015
The opportunistic pathogens Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis represent major causes of severe nosocomial infection, and are associated with high…

Sequence tag-based analysis of microbial population dynamics.

Author(s): Abel S, Abel zur Wiesch P, Chang HH, Davis BM, Lipsitch M, Waldor MKJournal: Nat MethodsPMID: 25599549 March 2015
We describe sequence tag-based analysis of microbial populations (STAMP) for characterization of pathogen population dynamics during infection. STAMP analyzes the…