Genome data cross-contamination versus interdomain recombination: Equus caballus and Mus musculus genetic loci in the insertion sequence-rich genomes of two clonally related methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from China
The recurring patterns of the eukaryotic-associated loci strongly suggested genome data contamination across the genomes of the MRSA strains WH3018 and WH9628. These MRSA genomes likely underwent extensive prophage decay and an increased proliferation of pseudo-transposases.
Authors
- Mamuka Kotetishvili (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3882-0878)
- Saba Kobakhidze
- Stylianos Koulouris
- Rusudan Tsiklauri
- Nata Kakabadze
- Megi Tsereteli
- Lilia Jimsherishvili
Institutions
- Tbilisi State University (GE)
- Georgian Technical University (GE)
- Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (BE)
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Microbiology
- Published
- 2025-04-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-025-03951-3
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.80