Complete Genome Sequences of Two Prolific Biofilm-Forming Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Belonging to USA300 and EMRSA-15 Clonal Lineages.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) causes serious infections that are even more difficult to treat when associated with a biofilm phenotype that facilitates evasion of the host immune system and antibiotics. As a first step toward understanding the mechanisms underlying biofilm formation, we sequenced the genomes of two prolific biofilm-forming strains belonging to the two most important globally disseminated clonal lineages, USA300 and EMRSA-15

Publication year:2014

Keywords:Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, biofilm