TY - JOUR AU - Santos-Júnior, Célio D. AU - Veríssimo, António AU - Costa, Joana PY - 2016 DA - 2016/07/11 TI - The recombination dynamics of Staphylococcus aureus inferred from spA gene JO - BMC Microbiology SP - 143 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Given the role of spA as a pivotal virulence factor decisive for Staphylococcus aureus ability to escape from innate and adaptive immune responses, one can consider it as an object subject to adaptive evolution and that variations in spA may uncover pathogenicity variations. SN - 1471-2180 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-016-0757-9 DO - 10.1186/s12866-016-0757-9 ID - Santos-Júnior2016 ER -