Emergence of an Australian-like pstS-null vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium clone in Scotland

• Kimon Lemonidis ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kimon.lemonidis@gmail.com

  Current address: Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

  Affiliation Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1332-6002

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• Talal S. Salih,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: College of Science, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq

  Affiliation Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Stephanie J. Dancer,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Hairmyres Hospital, NHS Lanarkshire, United Kingdom, School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8777-2614

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• Iain S. Hunter,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• Nicholas P. Tucker

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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