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Members of the genus Staphylococcus exhibit a characteristic pleiotropic phenotypic variation. For one strain of Staphylococcus epidermidis senso stricto, colonial morphology, slime production, beta-lactam resistance, and virulence were subject to simultaneous, spontaneous, phenotypic variation at a rate of 1 ×10−5 per bacterium per generation. Based upon recent progress with Bordetella pertussis and Staphylococcus aureus we prepared a model of phenotypic variation that would explain this phenomenon.
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Christensen, G.D., Baddour, L.M., Simpson, W.A. (1990). Hypothetical Model of Phenotypic Variation in Staphylococci. In: Wadström, T., Eliasson, I., Holder, I., Ljungh, Å. (eds) Pathogenesis of Wound and Biomaterial-Associated Infections. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3454-1_53
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