Absence of Staphylococcus aureus in Wild Populations of Fish Supports a Spillover Hypothesis-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Absence of Staphylococcus aureus in Wild Populations of Fish Supports a Spillover Hypothesis

Published:2023-08-17 Issue:4 Volume:11 Page:
ISSN:2165-0497
Container-title:Microbiology Spectrum
language:en
Short-container-title:Microbiol Spectr

Author:

Matuszewska Marta¹²^ORCID,Dabrowska Alicja¹³,Murray Gemma G. R.¹⁴,Kett Steve M.⁵,Vick Andy J. A.⁶,Banister Sofie C.⁷,Pantoja Munoz Leonardo⁵,Cunningham Peter⁸,Welch John J.⁹,Holmes Mark A.¹,Weinert Lucy A.¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

2. Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

3. Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

4. Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London

5. Department of Natural Sciences, Middlesex University London, London, United Kingdom

6. RAL Space (UKRI-STFC), Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

7. School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

8. Wester Ross Fisheries Trust, Harbour Centre, Gairloch, Wester Ross, United Kingdom

9. Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus is a human and livestock commensal but also an important pathogen responsible for high human mortality rates and economic losses in farming. Recent studies show that S. aureus is common in wild animals, including fish.

Funder

UKRI | Medical Research Council

Wellcome Trust

Royal Society

UKRI | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

University of Cambridge | Newnham College, University of Cambridge

Sackler Trust

UKRI | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Cell Biology,Microbiology (medical),Genetics,General Immunology and Microbiology,Ecology,Physiology