Development of a real-time PCR for detection of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius using a novel automated comparison of whole-genome sequences

• Koen M. Verstappen,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Loes Huijbregts,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Mirlin Spaninks,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Jaap A. Wagenaar,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Lelystad, the Netherlands

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• Ad C. Fluit,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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• Birgitta Duim

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: b.duim@uu.nl

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3568-4978

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