Mellmann A, Weniger T, Berssenbrügge C, Keckevoet U, Friedrich AW, Harmsen D, Grundmann H
Research article (journal)We evaluated the BURP (based upon repeat patterns) algorithm, which relies on sequencing of the Staphylococcus aureus protein A gene (spa), for its ability to infer clonal relatedness within a population of 110 wild-type strains. BURP clustering of the resulting 66 spa types was highly concordant with multilocus sequence typing (96.5% concordance) and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (94.9%).
Berssenbrügge, Christoph | Medical Clinic of Internal Medicine B: Gastroenterology and Metabolic Disorders (Med B) |
Harmsen, Dag | Department of Periodontology |
Mellmann, Alexander | Institute of Hygiene |