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Deoxyribonucleotide sequence divergence betweenStaphylococcus cohnii subspecies populations living on primate skin

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Staphylococcus cohnii strains isolated from various primates could be separated into three distinct groups or subspecies on the basis of phenotypic characterization and DNA-DNA hybridization techniques. These included a human-specificS. cohnii subspecies (denoted here as subsp. 1), a widely distributed primateS. cohnii subspecies (subsp. 2), and a Ceboidea (New World monkey)-specificS. cohnii subspecies (subsp. 3). Divergence of the latter subspecies from the other two is great enough to place it in a near (separate)-species status.S. cohnii represents the third example of aStaphylococcus species where DNA divergence has been demonstrated between human and nonhuman primate-adapted populations. The data presented in this report continue to support the hypothesis that at least certain staphylococci have evolved together with their hosts by conjugate evolution.

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Paper No. 8555 of the Journal Series of the North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, Raleigh, N.C. 27650

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Kloos, W.E., Wolfshohl, J.F. Deoxyribonucleotide sequence divergence betweenStaphylococcus cohnii subspecies populations living on primate skin. Current Microbiology 8, 115–121 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01566968

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