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Aug 2026
RNase-mediated defence and its association with SCCmec in Staphylococcus aureus
The rise of antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus is a major threat to global health. Resistance often emerges when bacteria acquire foreign DNA elements, such as the SCCmec cassette that makes strains resistant to nearly all β-lactam antibiotics. Yet, not all S. aureus lineages take up these elements equally,...
Kohei Kondo, A. Azam, J. Hisatsune et al.
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