Characterization of a catalase-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain.

ABSTRACT: We describe an unusual clinical strain of catalase-negative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sensu stricto. Sequence analysis of its catalase gene showed 99.60% identities to the catalase genes of the reference strains. A 5-base deletion, however, led to a shift of the nucleotide reading frame and a loss of the enzymatic activity.

SUBMITTER: Gruner BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1951231 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature