Larcombe, Lee DClark, TaaneBessant, ConradGoulden, Matthew G2024-03-132024-03-132012-03https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/20976NGS sequencing libraries prepared on an Illumina NGS platform for 10 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus were analysed. After extensive pre-processing to address library quality issues, for each isolate the status of the Staphylococcal Chromosome Cassette, and its mecA gene specifying resistance to meticillin, was determined. All mecA-positive isolates encoded canonical mecA. None encoded the new variant mecA identified in strain LGA251.encore genomeaccessory genomeNGS sequencing librariesdrug resistanceThesis or dissertation