Data from: Ecological overlap and horizontal gene transfer in Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis

• Main Authors: Méric, Guillaume, Miragaia, Maria, De Been, Mark, Yahara, Koji, Pascoe, Ben, Mageiros, Leonardos, Mikhail, Jane, Harris, Llinos G., Wilkinson, Thomas S., Rolo, Joana, Lamble, Sarah, Bray, James E., Jolley, Keith A., Hanage, William P., Bowden, Rory, Maiden, Martin C. J., Mack, Dietrich, De Lencastre, Hermínia, Feil, Edward J., Corander, Jukka, Sheppard, Samuel K.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2020
• Subjects: recombination; Staphylococcus epidermidis; nosocomial infections; Evolution; Life sciences; medicine and health care; Ecology; Portugal; Argentina; Bulgary; Colombia; Cape Verde; Denmark; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Italy; Japan; Mexico; Taiwan; Uruguay; FOS: Biological sciences; envir; geo; Sheppard
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.82jq4

The opportunistic pathogens Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis represent major causes of severe nosocomial infection, and are associated with high levels of mortality and morbidity worldwide. These species are both common commensals on the human skin and in the nasal pharynx, but a...