Genetic Diversity of Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element in Staphylococcus epidermidis

• Maria Miragaia,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ITQB/UNL), Oeiras, Portugal

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• Herminia de Lencastre,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (ITQB/UNL), Oeiras, Portugal, Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Francoise Perdreau-Remington,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Henry F. Chambers,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Julie Higashi,

  Affiliation Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Paul M. Sullam,

  Affiliation Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Jessica Lin,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

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• Kester I. Wong,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

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• Katherine A. King,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

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• Michael Otto,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• George F. Sensabaugh,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

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• Binh An Diep

  * E-mail: bdiep@medsfgh.ucsf.edu

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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