Molecular Epidemiological Survey of Prophages in MRSA Isolates in Taiwan.
Lee-Chung LinMao-Cheng GeTsui-Ping LiuJang-Jhih LuPublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2020)
The sasX gene was found to play no role in clonal selection of MRSA. The finding that different SCCmec types of MRSA harbored different types of prophages suggests that these prophages may affect the survival and clonal expansion of certain types of MRSA.