The increasing emergence of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a problem of global importance. Here, we report the genome of S. aureus VC40, which is resistant to the last-resort antibiotics vancomycin and daptomycin. Its genome sequence will allow insights into the mechanisms that convey full resistance to these compounds.
Sass P, Berscheid A, Jansen A, Oedenkoven M, Szekat C, Strittmatter A, Gottschalk G, Bierbaum G (2012) Genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus VC40, a vancomycin- and daptomycin-resistant strain, to study the genetics of development of resistance to currently applied last-resort antibiotics Journal of Bacteriology194: 2107-8
Sass P, Berscheid A, Jansen A, Oedenkoven M, Szekat C, Strittmatter A, Gottschalk G, Bierbaum G (2012) Journal of Bacteriology194: 2107-8