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Novel Organization of the Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element and Staphylococcal Cassette ChromosomemecComposite Island and Its Horizontal Transfer between Distinct Staphylococcus aureus Genotypes

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Functional Modularity of the Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element Contributes to the Success of USA300 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2013) Lance R. Thurlow et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Subdomains N2N3 of Fibronectin Binding Protein A Mediate Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation and Adherence to Fibrinogen Using Distinct Mechanisms

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RETRACTED: A Self-Produced Trigger for Biofilm Disassembly that Targets Exopolysaccharide

(2012) Ilana Kolodkin-Gal et al.   CELL

Cigarette Smoke Increases Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Formation via Oxidative Stress

(2012) Ritwij Kulkarni et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Two novel arginine catabolic mobile elements and staphylococcal chromosome cassette mec composite islands in community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus genotypes ST5-MRSA-V and ST5-MRSA-II

(2012) N. Urushibara et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Bayesian Phylogenetics with BEAUti and the BEAST 1.7

(2012) Alexei J. Drummond et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Molecular tracing of the emergence, adaptation, and transmission of hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2012) P. R. McAdam et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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(2012) S. Periasamy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PBP 2 Mutant Devoid of the Transpeptidase Domain Abolishes Spermine–β-Lactam Synergy in Staphylococcus aureus Mu50

(2011) Xiangyu Yao et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Characterization of a Novel Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element (ACME) and Staphylococcal Chromosomal CassettemecComposite Island with Significant Homology to Staphylococcus epidermidis ACME Type II in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Genotype ST22-MRSA-IV

(2011) Anna C. Shore et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

New horizons for cutaneous microbiology: the role of biofilms in dermatological disease

(2011) N. Vlassova et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Biogenic ammonia modifies antibiotic resistance at a distance in physically separated bacteria

(2011) Steve P. Bernier et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Arginine catabolic mobile element encoded speG abrogates the unique hypersensitivity of Staphylococcus aureus to exogenous polyamines

(2011) Gauri S. Joshi et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A MRSA-terious enemy among us: End of the PVL controversy?

(2011) Michael Otto   NATURE MEDICINE

The Environment as an Unrecognized Reservoir for Community-Associated Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300: A Case-Control Study

(2011) Anne-Catrin Uhlemann et al.   PLoS One

Polyamines are required for the expression of key Hms proteins important for Yersinia pestis biofilm formation

(2010) Brian W. Wortham et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Essential Role for the Major Autolysin in the Fibronectin-Binding Protein-MediatedStaphylococcus aureusBiofilm Phenotype

(2010) Patrick Houston et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

High prevalence of the arginine catabolic mobile element in carriage isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis

(2010) François Barbier et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Testing Spatiotemporal Hypothesis of Bacterial Evolution Using Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST239 Genome-wide Data within a Bayesian Framework

(2010) R. R. Gray et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Importance of the Global Regulators Agr and SaeRS in the Pathogenesis of CA-MRSA USA300 Infection

(2010) Christopher P. Montgomery et al.   PLoS One

Spermidine regulatesVibrio choleraebiofilm formation via transport and signaling pathways

(2009) Marcus W. McGinnis et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Interconnections between Sigma B, agr, and Proteolytic Activity in Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Maturation

(2009) K. J. Lauderdale et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element Is Not Associated with Enhanced Virulence in Experimental Invasive Disease Caused by the Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 Genetic Background

(2009) C. P. Montgomery et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain USA300: origin and epidemiology

(2009) F. C. Tenover et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

An Alternative Polyamine Biosynthetic Pathway Is Widespread in Bacteria and Essential for Biofilm Formation inVibrio cholerae

(2009) Jeongmi Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Distribution of the ACME-arcA gene among meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus and identification of a novel ccr allotype in ACME-arcA-positive isolates

(2009) B. Pi et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Genetic Diversity of Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element in Staphylococcus epidermidis

(2009) Maria Miragaia et al.   PLoS One

Evolution of virulence in epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

(2009) M. Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Novel Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Phenotype Mediated by the Fibronectin-Binding Proteins, FnBPA and FnBPB

(2008) E. O'Neill et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element and Staphylococcal Chromosomal CassettemecLinkage: Convergence of Virulence and Resistance in the USA300 Clone of Methicillin‐ResistantStaphylococcus aureus

(2008) Binh An Diep et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

agr-Mediated Dispersal of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms

(2008) Blaise R. Boles et al.   PLoS Pathogens